Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballynakilla (Bear By., Killaconenagh Par.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakilla (Bear By., Killaconenagh Par.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.63376, -9.86636
- SMR number
- CO128-049----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1868 · 4. Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough hill grazing, in a hollow on a NE-facing slope, on Bear Island. A linear arrangement (L c. 7m) of stones beside a rocky ridge on the NW side of the hollow is, according to local tradition, the remains of a church and is also believed to have been used as a mass-rock. The site is known locally as 'Láthair Séipéil' [the place of the church]. (O'Sullivan 1992, 55)
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.