Church in Freemount, County Cork

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What is recorded here

Bowman (1934, 626) recorded grass-covered mounds in ringfort (12488) as the remains of a church; 'Cillin Chronain - Saint Cronan's little church...in the sub-division of Cnoc a theampaill and is responsible for the parish name' (Knocktemple). No visible surface trace of mounds or church. Church in Knocktemple was in ruins in 1615 (Brady 1863, vol. 2, 297).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO015-015002

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