Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Coolnahau, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coolnahau
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.43047, -7.12226
- SMR number
- KK036-040----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
This is a large, overhanging rock with space under walled around to make a rectangular room (max. dims 3.3m by 2m; H 1.7m). It is traditionally associated with 'St. Moling' (Carrigan 1905, iv, 192).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 6 September 2013
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
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.