Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Derrykearn, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrykearn
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94525, -7.38934
- SMR number
- LA023-007005-
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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
A church (LA023-007003-) and graveyard (LA023-007004-) with associated earthworks consisting of a low curvilinear earth and stone bank (Wth 2.4m; H 0.8m) that intersects the N and E boundary of the graveyard at NE which may represent the remains of an earlier enclosure around the church and graveyard. Earthworks visible on aerial photograph (GSI, S 147-8).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 09 December 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.