Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knockaturnory, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockaturnory
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26208, -7.46122
- SMR number
- WA007-074001-
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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
Situated on a gentle N-facing slope at the NW base of Croughaun Hill. A small, rectangular scrub-covered enclosure (dims. 18m N-S; 16m E-W) which is open at the W is defined by low stone walls (Wth 0.8m). It is regarded locally as the site of a church, the precinct of which was reputedly larger, extending further N. A bullaun stone is c. 12m N of the enclosure, entangled in tree roots, and there is local knowledge of a second bullaun stone that could not be located. There is no evidence of a structure or burial, although (Power 1952, 410) records a circular enclosure.
Power, Rev. P. (1952) The placenames of the Decies. (second ed.) Cork University Press.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 02 November 2010
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Mineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.