Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.33003, -6.34067
- SMR number
- DU018-033001-
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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
The church is located on a distinct rise within a graveyard which is enclosed by a stone wall. A stream runs along the bottom of the graveyard which is N facing. This church was in use in 1547 (Ball 1906, 133). The Book of Reference to the Down Survey (1655-6) mentions the ruins of an old chapel (Simington 1945, 292). Today the W gable is the most prominent feature of the church. Built of roughly coursed masonry using very large blocks and large squared-off quoins. It is a relatively small building (int. dims L 8.5m, Wth 4.4m, T 0.95m) entered through a pointed, segmental W doorway. The interior is lit by a plain rectangular ope with a deeply splayed embrasure above the doorway. There are remains of the S jamb of a window in the SE. A corbel low down on the N wall indicates the extent of collapse in the interior. Building collapse extends for a distance of 5m around the perimeter of the church (Anon 1914, 271; Ball 1906, 132-133).
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.