Why this matters
A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Chapel — Kilcarn is recorded as Church in Meath. Located on a rise in a fairly level landscape. The parish church of Kilcarn is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m E-W
Foundation and growth
The saved account records: The decorated font (Roe 1968, 65-6) from this church, which was dedicated to St Stephen, was moved to the Roman Catholic church at Johnstown (ME025-041----) c. 900m to the NNW after the font had been displayed at the Dublin Exhibition of 1853 (Cogan 1862-70, 2, 239-40).
People and events
The saved account records: Located on a rise in a fairly level landscape.
Damage, loss and survival
The saved account records: H 0.85m) in the S wall W of the doorway survives, but a window embrasure towards the E end of the S wall and the only window embrasure in the N wall are robbed.
Why it mattered
Chapel — Kilcarn matters because the source ties church to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The parish church of Kilcarn is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 55m E-W
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