Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballyclogh (orrery And Kilmore By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyclogh (orrery And Kilmore By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins) (1937)
- Coordinates
- 52.16705, -8.74290
- SMR number
- CO024-136003-
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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
NW-of-centre in graveyard (14538), immediately SW of C of I church (14698). Small fragment of limestone-built NW corner (H c. 2.5-3m), with short return of N (L 1.5m) and W (L 1.85m) walls, all that now stands; shown as rectangular ruinous structure (c. 15m WSW-ENE; c. 6m NNW-SSE) on 1842 OS 6-inch map. Standing portion of W wall terminates at side of window embrasure; wall backed by monument to Wrixon, dated 1778. Line of wall continued S for 3m as low rubble foundation; 6m S of this again, ground level drops away. Interior of church crowded with 18th/19th century monuments and railed-in grave plots. Remains of parish church of Ballyclogh; a church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 28-30). Reported 'in ruins' in 1615; in 1694 described as 'much damnified by the Irish in the late war, but since well repaired'; church again 'in repair' in 1774 (ibid.); account published in 1815 (Grove White 1905-25, vol. 1, 148) mentions 'a small spire...lately added'. Replaced by new C of I (14698) church in 1829.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.