What is recorded here

A low rectangular terrace in Mid Cork pasture marks the vanished church, its south edge still defined by upright slabs while the rest hides beneath sod and grass. The building measured thirteen metres across and seven metres deep, large enough for a small congregation to gather on the NE-facing slope. Someone cut openings in the west and north walls, perhaps for light or entry, before the fields swallowed the stone. What remains is a shadow of a room, waiting for imagination to complete what time erased.

In pasture, on NE-facing slope; on low rectangular terrace (13.1m E-W; 6.7m N-S; max. H 1.2m) raised to compensate for hillslope. Plan of church defined by low sod-covered walls. According to Hartnett (1939, 181), S edge defined by line of upright slabs projecting above ground level; other walls were low and sod-covered, with possible opes in centre of W wall and near W end of N wall; W wall appeared to continue to N and S beyond corners of church, probably remains of N-S field fence shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map but since levelled. Exact nature of site unclear. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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