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Church

Ardnageehy West, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Ardnageehy West, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ardnageehy West
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins) (1935)
Coordinates
52.02197, -8.38854
SMR number
CO053-002002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In graveyard (CO053-00201-), just NW of centre; fragmentary remains of rectangular church (c. 20m E-W; c. 7m N-S). Part of W gable stands c. 4m high, heavily ivy-clad; N and E walls traceable as sod-covered foundations, apart from fragment at NE corner (ext. H 1.25m); graves have destroyed S wall. Ledge (H 1.75m) on W wall; above this Power (1917, 6) describes a 'small, oblong ope, which splays inwardly'; now obscured by ivy. Parish church of Ardnageehy; in 1700 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 6) described as 'built of stone and clay; the walls are almost all down, except the west end'; in 1797 site of church ordered to be changed to Glenville (C0043-01702-), present church then 'many years in ruins' (Brady ibid., 7). Power (ibid.) noted 'small, nearly square holy-water stoup, or font'; unable to locate.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). 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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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