Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Leighmoney Beg, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leighmoney Beg
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templeavara (in Ruins) (1939)
- Coordinates
- 51.73462, -8.61423
- SMR number
- CO111-026002-
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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 centre of graveyard (CO111-026001-), fragmentary remains of rectangular church (int.: 13.95m SE-NW; 5.2m NE-SW). Walls much broken down and overgrown; gaps in SW wall indicate position of window and door opes. Wide shallow niche (Wth 2.75m; D 0.44m) at base of much collapsed SE wall possibly base of central window ope. Parish church of Leighmoney, in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 200).
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.