Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knockaneady, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaneady
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins) (1903)
- Coordinates
- 51.72907, -8.95021
- SMR number
- CO109-022002-
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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
Remains of rectangular church (int. 12.8m E-W; 6.1m N-S; wall thickness 0.9m) in centre of graveyard (CO109-02201-); in repair 1688 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 39). Round-headed chancel arch to E, bellcote on W gable over later porch entrance. Interior lit by segmentally arched windows, evidence of gallery at W end; church abandoned by 1849 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 41) when St. Paul's church was built; interior used for burials.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). 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.