Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilcrea, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcrea
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins), Graveyard (disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.47551, -6.16703
- SMR number
- DU012-016001-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Within the graveyard is a plain rectangular building with the E gable and side walls still standing (Wth 5.40m, L 8.75m, max. H 3.50m). It is roughly built of blocks of conglomerate and limestone. It has splayed, single light windows in the E gable and E end of S wall. Entrance with door rebate survives on the S side (Walsh 1888, 239- 40; Moylan 1961, 23; Healy 1975, 25). Extremely overgrown.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Updated by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 16 January 2015
References
Healy, P. 1975b Third report on monuments and sites of archaeological interest in county Dublin. An Foras Forbartha, Dublin.
Moylan, T.K. 1961 The peninsula of Portrane. Dublin Historical Record 16, 22-3, 37-49.
Walsh, Rev. R. 1888a Fingal and its churches. Dublin. William McGee.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.