Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Oldcarton, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Oldcarton
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39563, -6.54801
- SMR number
- KD006-007001-
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 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the N sector of a graveyard (KD006-007002-). A short length of ivy-clad wall (dims. L 2.5m N-S; H 4m; T 1m) built of irregularly coursed, mortared limestone blocks may be the remains of the E-gable of a church described as a 'chapel of ease' in the 1654 Civil Survey, although the OSL (Herity 2002, 18) record it as 'an old wall which belonged to a Nunnery (KD006-007003-) that was there formerly' , an assertion that may be supported by the existence of a possible holy well (KD006-011----) called 'Nun's Well' c. 240m to the SSW. (Fitzgerald 1903-5, 30-32)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.