Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ankail, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ankail
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 51.83335, -9.83706
- SMR number
- KE100-015002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Church (KE100-015002-): A small rectangular church, marked 'in ruins' on the first edition of the OS map, was located close to the E boundary of the enclosure. Its longer axis was aligned roughly WNW-ESE. The church is marked only as ‘site of’ on the second edition. All that is now evident at this location is a rectangular depression, 5.5m N-S x 4.6m E-W, defined by a low stony bank. The bank averages 1.4m wide and stands to an external height of .5m at N. Burials occupy the interior of the depression.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 924. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 29 July 2013
Nearby in the register
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.