Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Collinstown (carbury Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Collinstown (carbury Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church Field
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.35960, -6.91452
- SMR number
- KD008-020----
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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
According to the OSL (Herity 2005, 31-2), 'There is a field in the S.E. part of Collinstown townland called Church yard field from having a church formerly situated in it, of which there is not a vestige remaining. Killcooney church is shewn in the Engraved Maps from Sir W. Pettys Survey and some old people call the portion of Collinstown South of Killcooney River, Killcooney Townland'. The field is named 'Church Field' on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map and survives as a large sub-rectangular area (dims. L c. 500m ENE; Wth c. 180m), in gently undulating pasture, drained immediately to the N by the NE-flowing Kilcooney River. There is no visible surface of a church but a granite saddle quern (KD008-021----) was found in the field, suggesting possible early ecclesiastical activity there.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.