Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Benedictine monks
English Island, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- English Island
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ross Abbey (in Ruins) (1944)
- Coordinates
- 51.57658, -9.03020
- SMR number
- CO143-023003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
At N end of graveyard (CO143-023002-). Rectangular church (c. 18.5m E-W; c. 7.65m N-S); E and W gables fallen; N and S walls stand to near full height, but in poor condition. Door ope in N wall; window opes in N and S walls; details gone. Six corbels project from outside of S wall. Remains of Benedictine priory of St. Mary founded c. 1218; reported in ruins in 1541 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 107).
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
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.