Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cill Buaine, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Buaine
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.85580, -10.32271
- SMR number
- KE088-029001-
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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
This poorly preserved structure is located against the scarp at N of enclosure (KE088-029004-), and its E end-wall is overlain by the modern field wall. It measures 3.6m E-W x 2.8m N-S internally and its drystone-built, corbelled walls stand to a maximum height of .9m at its SW angle. They average 1.1m thick and comprise horizontal courses of dressed slabs and pinnings. A large gap occurs in the S wall, while another at W, .7m wide, may represent the doorway. On the S side of the oratory is a 2m wide raised area which is revetted by upright slabs and intermittent drystone facing.
The above description is derived from O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. (compilers) 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University press. (1996), no. 955. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 12 June 2013
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.