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Church

Ballynacorra, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Ballynacorra, 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
Ballynacorra
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Ballynacorra Ch (in Ruins) (1902)
Coordinates
51.89791, -8.17362
SMR number
CO076-042003-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

At N end of graveyard (CO076-04202-), ruined rectangular church (26.5m E-W; 9m N-S), ivy-clad and overgrown. Parish church of Ballynacorra; inscribed headstones inside church date from 1812 (Henchion 1990). W gable stands to full height but otherwise walls in poor structural condition; SE corner collapsed; buttress against outside of N wall at E end. Doorway near W endS wall; E jamb stones survive with deep outer chamfer. Other opes in S wall either blocked or poorly preserved, including at least one inserted doorway. Central two-light ogee-headed window in E gable; missing central mullion. Single-light ogee-headed window near E end of N wall; to W larger window ope, probably later insertion, light and upper half gone. High attic window, with rectangular light and lintelled embrasure, on W gable. Late medieval church showing evidence of repairs; in ruins by 1615 but may have been repaired before new C of I church for united parishes built in Midleton town c. 1690 (CO076-06302-) (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 107-9).

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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