Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Templemichael, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templemichael
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of) (1935)
- Coordinates
- 51.97865, -8.43684
- SMR number
- CO063-028002-
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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
Rectangular church shown within circular enclosure (CO063-028001-) on 1842 OS 6-inch map; enclosure now levelled. In 1700 described as 'almost 50 foot long....the walls are half of them down....a partition with an arch runs through the middle of it....a ditch about the churchyard....no sign of any graves' (Lunham 1909, 23). Anciently church of St. Michael's parish, called 'Teampuilín' according to Power (1923, 193). No visible surface trace.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.