Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Cill Maoilchéadair, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Maoilchéadair
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KE042-026025-
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The National Monuments Service's description
National Monument No. 65. The Early Christian and Medieval ecclesiastical complex at Kilmalkedar (KE042-026----) lies at the foot of the W slopes of Reenconnell hill, overlooking Smerwick Harbour. The Reenconnell ridge peaks at 907 feet/276m to NE of the site and the area around Kilmalkedar is sheltered on its N and S sides by spurs of this hill.
(18) A probable holy-water stoup was removed from the church in the mid-19th century and its present whereabouts is not known. It was septagonal in outline, measuring .22m in overall height, and the basin measured .1m in depth and c. 0.08m in diameter (O'Donoghue 1891, 608).
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 855. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 8 August 2013
References
Cuppage, J. 1986 Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne.
O'Donoghue, Rev. D. 1891 A Stone-Basin from Kilmalkedar church. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 608.