Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
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Baile An Chnocáin (tc An Cnoc Glas), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baile An Chnocáin (tc An Cnoc Glas)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.23039, -9.91685
- SMR number
- KE036-016003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The parish church (KE036-016001-) and graveyard (KE036-016002-) of Kilgobban/Cill Gobáin lie about 125m from the sea-shore on the S side of Tralee Bay.
An oval, limestone font (KE036-016003-) preserved within the church bears the inscription W COLLIS RECTOR 1729.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 819. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.