Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilcrohane, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcrohane
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilcrohane Ch(in rns) (1904)
- Coordinates
- 51.57550, -9.69877
- SMR number
- CO138-015002-
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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 (CO138-015002-) late-medieval parish church (L 14.9m, Wth 7m). Both gables missing upper portions. Door in middle of S wall has round head of re-used dressed stones. Wide arched opes near W end of N and S walls are inserted features. Chamfered arch-stone from original door now used as gravemarker to south of church. Window near E end of S wall missing light but central light in E gable has linteled heads to both light andembrasure. Wall press at E end S wall. Bottom courses of attic window in W gable survive. Outer face of W wall battered. Church in repair in 1615 but in ruins by 1639 (Brady 1863, vol. 1, 92-3).
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
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.