Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Crossmahon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crossmahon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.86046, -8.87541
- SMR number
- CO083-020001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In field to E of Crossmahon House (CO083-020002-). Local tradition of church mentioned by O'Donoghue (1986, 261) as 'site of an old Norman Church called Kilshinshame - Cill Sin Sheamus (church of James the Elder)'. No visible surface trace. According to landowner, during removal of E boundary fence, possible foundations of church were uncovered. According to local tradition stones from church were used to build house, including two pointed window surrounds in E gable which are now plastered over.
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
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.