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This object is indexed in the Archaeological Survey of Ireland under SMR No. KK014-020001- Geographic information system of the National Monuments Service: Historic Environment Viewer – Database record . · Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0

What is recorded here

Kilmadum Church stood above a steep river valley in County Kilkenny, its rectangular stone frame aligned east to west before time reduced most of it to grass-covered footings. The surviving southeast corner still rises two metres, witnessing the views and burial grounds that once gathered the parish. Whatever prayers echoed there have faded, but the stones remain tall enough to mark the exact place where the community faced the light.

On gently sloping land above a steep-sided river valley which lies to the E and S. There are very good views to the E and S. According to Carrigan (1905, vol. 3, 464) this was formerly the parish church of Kilmadum. A rectangular church (L 18m; W 8m), aligned E-W, with largely only the footings remaining. These consist of grass-covered stone walls (Wth 1.5m; H c. 0.3-0.4m), except at the SE corner where the wall, of roughly coursed limestone rubble, stands to a height of c. 2m. The church is within an irregularly shaped graveyard (KK014-020002-). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 13 May 2020

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