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Architectural fragment

Kilnanare, County Kerry, Ireland

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Townland
Kilnanare
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.16567, -9.63455
SMR number
KE047-044007-

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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

One of three architectural fragments (see KE047-044004-, KE047-044008-) recorded from Kilnanare church (KE047-044002-). A 'head with an old fashioned wig' which was over the window in the S wall of the church was described in the 1840s (OSL, 200). Harbison (1973, 14) noted that the 'ecclesiastical apparel ... around the neck' suggests that it represents a cleric but one of a lesser status than the bishop. Harbison also noted that the hairstyle is 'of a type common towards the end of the fourteenth century or circa 1400' (ibid.). The masonry over the window has collapsed and the present location of this architectural fragment is not known.

Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.

Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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