Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Caher West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- R.C. Chapel (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 51.89312, -9.53589
- SMR number
- KE093-023002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture, close to the E bank of the Cleady River. Indicated as an L-shaped structure (long axis NW-SE) on the 1846 OS 6-inch map. It is not visible at ground level. This 'R.C. Chapel' is likely to date to the post-1700 AD period. There is a possible mass-rock (KE093-023001-) on the site.
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.