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
South-of-centre in graveyard (14576). Ruinous rectangular church (int. 25m E-W; int. 7.78m N-S), built of sandstone rubble; densely overgrown. East gable missing. South wall (H c. 3m) has wall press at E end; window with single ogee-headed light, in splayed embrasure under segmental arch, towards E end; ruinous doorway (Wth 1.45m) W of centre, embrasure covered by segmental arch. North wall (H c. 3m) featureless apart from narrow gap (Wth 0.5m) towards W end, possibly location of second window mentioned by Windele (Bowman 1934, 346), although he locates it on S wall. West gable (H c. 6m) appears featureless, though densely overgrown. Remains of parish church of Dromtarriff, said to have been burnt by Lord Broghill's troops in 1652 (Lewis 1837, vol. 1, 509). A church here listed in Papal Taxation of 1291 (Hickson 1891, 46).
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.