Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Settlement deserted - medieval
Templenoe, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templenoe
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.14259, -8.34446
- SMR number
- CO035-061----
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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
In pasture, to W of roadway. According to local information,'church and village' located to W of N-S roadway, c. 350m N of Fermoy-Mallow road. Roadway shown on 1842, 1905 and 1935 editions of OS 6-inch map as widening out for stretch of 150m adjacent to site; pond at S end of road; maps also show numerous irregularities possibly indicating old entrances on W side of road, S of widened area. No visible surface trace of site. Lewis (1837, vol. 2, 289) mentions 'village of Templenoe'. According to Power (1932, 75), village grew up on site of cill which he equates with ancient site of parish church of Litter. Other locations are also put forward for location of Litter church (CO035-062---; CO035-01702-).
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
- Cliff-edge fortunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.