Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical site
Kilnanare, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilnanare
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kilnanare Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilnanare Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.16564, -9.63465
- SMR number
- KE047-044001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 a graveyard (KE047-044003-). This church is not visible at ground level. In the 1940s it was recorded that Kilnanare (Cill na nAodhán) church (KE047-044002-) stands on the site of an earlier church or monastery built by 'a contemporary of St. Tinian or St. Cummian in the 5th or 6th century' (ITA).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
References
Irish Tourist Association. Surveys undertaken in the 1940s for the Irish Tourist Association (now Fáilte Ireland) relating to ‘Natural features, antiquities, historic associations etc.' Extracts from these surveys were copied into the Topographical files of the Office of Public Works and these have been incorporated into the Sites and Monuments Record files (National Monuments Service).
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.