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Church
Kilbarry (muskerry West By., Inchigeelagh Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbarry (muskerry West By., Inchigeelagh Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.85604, -9.05732
- SMR number
- CO082-012002-
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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
On terrace, in pasture, near summit of Kilbarry Hill. Rectangular structure, defined by sod-covered walls (15m E-W; 6.5m N-S); interior leveland grass-covered, no trace of burial markers. W wall (Wth 2m; int. H0.6m; ext. H 1.4m) stone-faced on outside, as is inside of S wall; the latter is incorporated into roadside fence. In 1700 ruin described as'walls of a church or chappel, call'd Killbarry, the walls built with stone and clay are standing uncover'd. The bounds of the churchyard are discernible; 'tis said to have been a chappel of ease, built by the Learys' (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 120). No visible surface trace of churchyard or burial ground (CO082-012001-).
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
- Slab-lined burialunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.