Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Dinish Island, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dinish Island
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 51.84894, -9.65276
- SMR number
- KE101-004----
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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
On a low flat-topped rise, on the E side of Dinish Island. The remains of this rectangular church (int. dims. 7.5m E-W; 3.52m N-S) consist of low ivy-clad drystone walls (T 0.92m; H c. 0.7m) which show evidence of rebuilding in several places. The featureless doorway (Wth 0.5m) is near the W end of the S wall. There is a cut-stone water spout (0.38m x 0.55m; D 0.05m) on top of the wall to the W of the entrance. The uneven surface of the interior is covered by low vegetation overgrowth and no grave-markers are evident. There are the remains of a low square structure (L 1.3m), an inserted feature, in the SE corner. According to local information, a well (KE101-004001-) c. 150m to the SE was associated with the church.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Wellunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Mass-houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.