What is recorded here
Undivided nave and chancel church (LA002-002001-) in elevated position on N side of valley. Holy well (LA002-002003-) in middle of field to S of church. Church located in N quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard (LA002-002004-). Curving road to N and NW of church may preserve the line of an early Christian enclosure around the monastery of Kilmanman. According to local tradition St. Manman was a seventh century saint who founded a monastery here (Crosdaile 1959, p. 11).
Undivided nave and chancel church (LA002-002001-) in elevated position on N side of valley. Holy well (LA002-002003-) in middle of field to S of church. Church located in N quadrant of rectangular shaped graveyard (LA002-002004-). Curving road to N and NW of church may preserve the line of an early Christian enclosure around the monastery of Kilmanman. According to local tradition St. Manman was a seventh century…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record LA002-002006
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Places near here
Kilmanman church (in Ruins), GraveyardChurch · 58 ydIndicatedEnclosure · 69 yd
Saint Manman's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.1 miBrittas HouseCountry house · 1.2 miBallynakill Castle (ruins)Castle · 1.3 miCastleCastle, unclassified · 1.5 miMullagh HillMountain / peak · 3.1 miRed HillMountain / peak · 4.1 miMahon's WoodWood · 4.2 miSlieve Bloom MountainsMountain range · 4.3 miMick the MillerMemorial · 5.3 miToberlugnaHoly well · 5.5 mi
Saint Manman's Catholic ChurchChurch/chapel · 1.1 mi
Brittas HouseCountry house · 1.2 miBallynakill Castle (ruins)Castle · 1.3 miCastleCastle, unclassified · 1.5 miMullagh HillMountain / peak · 3.1 miRed HillMountain / peak · 4.1 miMahon's WoodWood · 4.2 mi
Slieve Bloom MountainsMountain range · 4.3 mi
Mick the MillerMemorial · 5.3 mi
ToberlugnaHoly well · 5.5 miPictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Mike Searle, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Mooro1, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; kevin higgins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonathan Thacker, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
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