Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Colbinstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colbinstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.02839, -6.76080
- SMR number
- KD032-044020-
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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
In 1860 it was suggested that Killeen Cormac may be no other than the Kil-Fine, or Ecclesia Fine of the various Lives of St. Patrick, and the third church the foundation of which is referred to Palladius (Shearman 1864-6, 60) . Recent geophysical survey carried out in the fields surrounding Killeencormac revealed traces of a trivallate monastic enclosure (max. diam. 205m) surrounding the burial ground (KD032-044----) and church site (KD032-044019-) which occupies the centre of a much more extensive early Christian monastic site (Greene 2013, 26-47).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 29 August 2019
References
Greene, S. 2013 Killeen Cormac - the archaeology and history of a significant early Christian foundation. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological and Historical Society 20, 26-47.
Shearman, Rev. J.F. 1864-6 On Inscribed Stones at Killeen Cormac, near Dunlavin. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 9, 253-60.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.