What is recorded here

St. Kiars Ch. (Site of) is a church in Kilkere, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in pasture on a gentle slope about 100m northwest of White Lough, preserving sod-covered walls of a rectangular structure that measure 11.6m east-west and 3.5m north-south. The east, south and west walls reach 1.45m in height, while the north wall is mostly removed. A possible graveyard is associated with the site.

In pasture, on a gentle slope c. 100m to the NW of White Lough. The remains of a rectangular structure (int. 11.6m E-W; 3.5m N-S) reduced to sod-covered walls (T 1.6m; H 1.45m) on the E, S and W sides; the N wall is mostly removed. A possible graveyard (SL041-031002-) is associated. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Date of upload: 18 January 2008

St. Kiars Church at Kilkere is a medieval ecclesiastical site, likely founded in the early Christian period and dedicated to Saint Kiars, a 7th-century Irish saint. The structure reflects a typical small monastic or parish church of the period, and its location suggests it served a local rural community in a remote pastoral setting.

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