Rossaneny Graveyard and Church ruin
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Rossaneny Graveyard and Church ruin

Abandoned graveyard and church ruin in the townland of Rossaneny (Reade), Co. Kilkenny.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Rossaneny (Reade), Co. Kilkenny52.46851, -7.39764
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At a glance

  • TypeChurch
  • Recorded sizeL 15.2m; W 6.6m internally

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

On the NE-facing slope of a ridge running ridge, in pasture. The church occupies the SE angle of a small, roughly rectangular graveyard (KK030-013002-).

Full archaeological record 124 words

On the NE-facing slope of a ridge running ridge, in pasture. The church occupies the SE angle of a small, roughly rectangular graveyard (KK030-013002-). A rectangular structure (L 15.2m; W 6.6m internally), aligned E-W, with an undifferentiated nave and chancel. It is quite ruinous, the E and W gables survive to a height of 1m, the N wall from 0.5-3m and the S wall is the best preserved, being 2.5-2.8m high. In the S wall there is a doorway, 4m from the W end, and a window, 1.3m from the E end, though only the E side survives. There are several piles of collapsed masonry, among which there is a sandstone block carved with the chamfered sill (Wth of sill 0.18) of a window.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 9 August 2023. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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