Discover Alone ← Back to nearby map

← Back to the nearby map

Site of Friars Chapel — Rathcusack OR Rathcorrig

Church
View what I want to do
No photo yet

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 found

What is recorded here

On brow of gentle W-facing slope with good views from S-W-N. The River Nore flows roughly N-S c. 300m to the W. Centrally placed within a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (KK024-059003-) and graveyard (KK024-059002) are the ruins of a rectangular church (dims 10.8m E-W; 5.1m N-S) constructed of roughly coursed limestone blocks. The present remains consist of the grassed-over wall-footings of the N and S side walls (max. H 1.1m; T 0.8m) and the E gable (max. H 1.1m) and the W gable (max. H 0.4m) were both the internal and external faces of the wall are visible. No architectural features survive. A mature ivy-covered yew tree is growing out of the footings of the W gable. Two 19th-century headstones have been erected within the church interior. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 29 September 2021

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.