Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Cistercian monks
Aghamanister And Spital, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Aghamanister And Spital
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Aghmanister Abbey (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.62565, -8.77432
- SMR number
- CO136-022----
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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 level pasture: only fragments of N and S walls of church and sod-covered foundations of cloister can be made out. North wall (max. H c. 4m) in poor condition, arched opening in central position; only fragments of S wall survive (max. H 1.5m). Cloister abutting on S side now defined by overgrown foundations of wall (Wth c. 1.8m) enclosing square area (c. 20m N-S; c. 20m E-W). Cistercian abbey founded in 1172 by Dermot MacCormac MacCarthy; abbey moved to nearby Abbeymahon (CO136-030003-) in 1270s (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 125).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.