Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cloghgriffin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloghgriffin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templequinlan Church (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.63275, -8.81505
- SMR number
- CO136-002003-
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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 (CO136-00202-) ivy-clad ruins of rectangular church (int. 5.52m N-S; 12.3m E-W). Only W half stands above foundation level; W gable survives to max. H 3m. Lower jambs of doorway, W of centre in S wall. Traces of sod-covered foundations of rectangular structure (14m E-W; 7m N-S) adjoining E end. Church was in ruins by 1615 (Brady 1863, Vol. 2, 553).
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
- Ringfort - rathunder 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.