Killeek Church
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Killeek Church

Church building in County Dublin, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Killeek, Co. Dublin53.45335, -6.27850
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At a glance

  • TypeChurch
  • Recorded sizeNave L12m, W 6m, wall T 0.85m

What to look for

  • Nave and chancel
  • Graveyard

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Within the graveyard (DU011-031003-) is a plain church of nave and chancel type with a round chancel arch. It is built of roughly coursed limestone blocks.

Full archaeological record 109 words

Within the graveyard (DU011-031003-) is a plain church of nave and chancel type with a round chancel arch. It is built of roughly coursed limestone blocks. The nave is entered through opposing doorways at W end with slightly pointed segmental arches (Nave dims. L12m, Wth 6m, wall T 0.85m). The interior has been used for interments. There are plain windows with splayed embrasures in the W wall, N wall, and two in the S wall (Healy 1975, 23). Has been subjected to ribbon pointing. Northwall built up 4-6 courses to make wall height even. Vegetation re establishing itself and there is wash out of mortar along base of church.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Geraldine Stout · Updated 03 January 2014. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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Also recorded nearby

Named sites within 5 km with only a short entry in the Archaeological Survey.

  • Lady WellRitual site - holy well · Cloghran (Coolock By.) · 4.4 km · official record

    In 1958 the well had dried up and showed only as a hollow in a field where it was marked by a whitethorn bush. The site is no longer venerated (Ó Danachair 1958, 77). Within a level field of pasture.

  • St. Werburgh's WellRitual site - holy well · Commons East · 4.6 km · official record

    Named on Duncan's map (1821) as 'St. Werburgh's Well'. There is however another St Werburgh's well to the southwest (DU011-045----). This well has been built over. No visible remains.

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