Site of Church

On top of low hillock with good views in all directions. Castle site (WM027-007001-) 255m to NW and ringfort (WM027-008----) 210m to WNW. Man-made underground passage (WM027-009003-) c. 30m to SW. Modern quarry area located to SW-W and N of church. Depicted on 1837 ed. OS 6-inch map as ‘Site of Church’ with church building shown forming the N boundary of ‘Knockmant Burial Ground’(WM027-009002-) wall. Church building not depicted on revised 1910 ed. OS 25-inch map. Barely visible grass covered wall footings of levelled church can be seen in N quadrant of Knockmant graveyard (WM027-009002-). Church described in the late 19th century as an ‘old church measures forty-two feet (12.8m) by fourteen (4.25m). The walls have been torn down and the stones carried off. Only the root remains’ (Cogan 1867, vol. 2, 434). Church and graveyard located on top of hillock the base of which has been scarped forming an enclosing element which has the appearance of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure. A series of sub-dividing banks within this enclosure forming small square-shaped fields can be seen on B/W aerial photographs (CUCAP APE020/021/024). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 15 August 2013