Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilmadum, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmadum
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Kilmadum Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilmadum Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.73244, -7.22652
- SMR number
- KK014-020001-
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
On gently sloping land above a steep-sided river valley which lies to the E and S. There are very good views to the E and S. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 464) this was formerly the parish church of Kilmadum. A rectangular church (L 18m; W 8m), aligned E-W, with largely only the footings remaining. These consist of grass-covered stone walls (Wth 1.5m; H c. 0.3-0.4m), except at the SE corner where the wall, of roughly coursed limestone rubble, stands to a height of c. 2m. The church is within an irregularly shaped graveyard (KK014-020002-).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 13 May 2020
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.