Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Curraghs, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Curraghs
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23801, -8.85180
- SMR number
- CO015-067003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
According to Bowman (1934, 383), church of Kilpatrick and burial ground (14086) inside Kilpatrick ringfort (12402). 'A low mound on the North side covering about 30 sq. yards, and about one foot high, marks the site of the early church.'; sub-division known locally as 'Kilpadder' and 'Kilfaud (Cill Phadraigh) Patrick's church' (ibid.). Ringfort levelled, no surface trace of church remains. According to local information, burial ground in ringfort (12403) c. 100m to E; no local knowledge of church.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.