Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilbrittain, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbrittain
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilbritain Church (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.67841, -8.68535
- SMR number
- CO123-022003-
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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 NE quadrant of graveyard (CO123-022002-) ruins of parish church (L c. 16m, Wth 6m). Only sod-covered foundations survive except W gable and short return of S wall. Church in repair in 1615 but in ruins by 1699 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 133-4).
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.