Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rathkenny, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathkenny
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.74278, -6.63643
- SMR number
- ME018-003----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the bottom of a N facing slope. A small rectangular enclosure (dims c. 25m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) is believed locally to be a church site, but there is no visible evidence of a church, other than that the font, now in the porch at the old Roman Catholic church at Rathkenny (ME018- 002----) c. 900m to the W, is thought to have come from this location, but the font came from the medieval church site (ME012-041----). This may have been a Penal church. There is a well c. 20m to the E of the enclosure.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 15 December, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Mausoleumunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.