Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilkilleen, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilkilleen
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Friary (in Ruins) (1902)
- Coordinates
- 51.52937, -9.40106
- SMR number
- CO140-054001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On E shore of Roaringwater Bay. A single length of wall (axis E-W), broken off at either end, ruins for 13m from shoreline; (max. H 3.8m; Wth c. 1.1m); low, sod-covered mound of rubble at E end. Though marked friary on OS 6-inch map, no apparent historical evidence to support this (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 366): O'Donoghue (1986, 16) suggests this may be site of church of 'Celcilean' parish mentioned in Papal Taxation 1199. Nearby is fragment of stone cross (CO140-054002-).
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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.