Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Gort Na Scairte, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gort Na Scairte
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilkerranmore Church (in Ruins) (1943)
- Coordinates
- 51.59947, -8.91954
- SMR number
- CO135-085003-
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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 (CO135-085001-). Fragmentary remains of E gable (int. L 5.8m) and conjoined section of N wall (int. L 4m) survive; N ingoing of central window in E gable evident. By 1679 this church had been out of use since 'time out of mind' (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 499). Font (CO135-085005-) said to have come from this church.
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.