Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Buavanagh,templemary, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Buavanagh,templemary
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templemary Church (Site of) (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.22736, -8.72918
- SMR number
- CO016-198002-
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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
Site of Templemary Church in N part of graveyard (CO016-19801-). Depicted as rectangular structure (c. 12m WSW-ENE; c. 7m NNW-SSE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; site of church 'traceable' according to OS Field Books of 1840, E end in 'Benanagh townland' (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 4, 242). Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 236) describes 'the ruins of an ancient church or chapel'. Marked 'site of' on 1842, 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. No visible surface trace.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.