Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated SE of St Kevin's church in the NE corner of an enclosure (dims. 35m x 35m) defined by a drystone rubble wall. Foundations of a small nave (dims. c. 5.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) and chancel (c. 2.9m E-W; 2.7m N-S) church. Features which are still evident include a W door, a narrow chancel opening, a door in the S wall of chancel, which may have led to a sacristy, and the foundations of a stone altar. The church is possibly dedicated to St Kieran, founder of Clonmacnoise, and there is a possible reference to its burning in the Annals under the year 1163. (Price 1945, 48; Leask 1950, 25-6; Barrow 1992, 39-40)

See attached screenshots of 3D model of church created by The Discovery Programme. 3D model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/AM9D

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 19 December 2012

See linked document with plan taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

References

Price, L. 1945 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. I - The barony of Ballinacor North. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (1-54).

Leask, H.G. 1950 Glendalough, Co. Wicklow: national monuments vested in the Commissioners of Public Works. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Lennox Barrow, G. 1992 (Reprint of 1972 edition) Glendalough and St Kevin. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.