Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Loughane West, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughane West
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of) (1937)
- Coordinates
- 51.95632, -8.63307
- SMR number
- CO062-140002-
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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
Depicted as rectangular ruinous structure (c. 20m E-W; C. 10m N-S) at centre of graveyard (9548) and marked 'Site of church' on 1842 OS 6-inch map; marked 'Church (site of)' on 1904 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. Low mound (c. 10m E-W; c. 7m N-S) at centre of small triangular field, planted with larch trees survives. According to Hartnett (1934, 290) 'a low mound about 30 feet by 20 feet oriented E.-W. is pointed out as the site of the building'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). 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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.