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Church

Kilkneedan, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Kilkneedan, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Kilkneedan
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Kilcredane Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.12847, -9.54882
SMR number
KE058-015001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, on top of a ridge. The collapsed remains of a two-phase church. The remains consist of the low loose rubble limestone walls (H c 0.6m) of the E end of the church (int. 7.4m N-S; 3.76m E-W) with the upstanding remains of the N and S wall (H c. 2.5m; L c. 3m) at the W end. The low walls of a slightly wider addition to W (9.55m E-W; 6.7m N-S) give the church a nave and chancel layout. The remains of the upstanding S wall at the E end butts onto and overlaps the external wall of the earlier church by c. 1m. There is a splayed window ope embrasure at the E end of the S wall. The level interior is overgrown at the E end with lots of loose rubble stones scattered about. During a subsequent inspection in 2003, it was noted that the wall to the W of the window embrasure had collapsed. According to local information, there was an altar at the E end. There is a children's burial ground (KE058-015----) in the immediate vicinity of the church.

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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