Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Nurney (Nurney ED), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Nurney (Nurney ED)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.09593, -6.94828
- SMR number
- KD027-027----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In a graveyard (KD027-027001-). The very poorly preserved and totally ivy-clad remains of a rectangular structure (c. 15m E-W; 6m N-S) comprising an E gable wall and short portions of the N and S sidewalls constructed of roughly coursed, mortared limestone boulders. The W-end is defined by a pronounced scarp (H 1.2m) over the exterior. There are two narrow inward-splaying lights in the E-gable wall. In 2002, archaeological test-trenching (Excavation Licence no. 02E1126) was carried out at the site of a proposed housing development immediately S and W of the church and graveyard. ‘Trench 2’ at the far south of the development revealed evidence of a possible curvilinear ditch on the surface of which a sherd of local, unglazed, medieval cooking ware was found. ‘Trench 3’ at the E of the development revealed a series of eight parallel, N-S furrows. Medieval pottery was found at the base of two of the furrows, suggesting that this may have been part of a medieval field system.
(http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Kildare&id=8317 Accessed 10-09-2012)
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 October 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Religious house - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.