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Church

Ceapaigh Na Gcrann, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Ceapaigh Na Gcrann, 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
Ceapaigh Na Gcrann
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.88627, -10.03505
SMR number
KE090-005002-

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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

Oratory (KE090-005002-) within KE090-005: This rectangular drystone structure, measuring 3.2m N-S x 4.6m E-W internally, displays a pronounced corbel in its 8m high N side-wall and at its external angles. The walls average 1.2m thick and an inward bulge is noticeable in the E end-wall. External offsets on both side-walls merge into the angles of the W end-wall and run beneath the collapse that abuts the E end-wall; these offsets are .2m wide. The entrance at W is .7m wide.

Nearby in the register

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

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