Add your own picture and explain the route, parking, gates, paths or landmarks that help people find it.
Earn 5 points after the picture is checked and accepted.
Add your photo and local directionsShare what you foundWhat is recorded here
Shown on 1842 OS 6-inch map as rectangular area (c. 40m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) defined by broken line; shown as hachured square area (c. 30m x c. 30m) marked 'Disused' on 1905 and 1937 OS 6-inch maps. In pasture, on SW-facing slope, in field called 'The Keel' (Bowman 1934, 716). Square area (23.3m NE-SW; 22.5m NW-SE) enclosed by low earthen bank (H 0.65m), with external fosse (D 0.5m) on NE and NW sides. Interior overgrown with thistles. Low rectangular grass-covered mound, which may mark site of church (14487), extends into interior from SW bank. No grave markers noted; Bowman (ibid.) noted '18 rude stones varying in height from 4in to 6in mark the site of graves'. Holy well (14001) 31.5m to NE.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.