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Situated on a small E-W ridge of rock outcrop c. 80m E of the N-S Brickey River, and at the S foot of the hillock on which Knockmaon castle stands. This is a small rectangular structure (ext. dims. 7.75m ESE-WNW; 5.75m NNE- SSW), of which the N, E and W walls survive almost complete (T 0.65m). Small windows are placed high in each of the surviving walls and a doorway (H 2.3m), now destroyed, is in the E gable. A cross-slab with a raised ringed cross, possibly from an altar, was moved to the tower house (WA030-006001-) at Cappagh. A small attached graveyard that is marked on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map has disappeared without trace (Power 1898a, 90-1). Knockmaon tower house (WA030-041001-) is c. 100m to N. (O'Connell Redmond 1918-19, 102)
O'Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51.
Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 11th August, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.
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