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Church

Dinish Island, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Dinish Island, 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
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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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)
  • 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)

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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

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

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