St. Kieran's Church
Photo: Millars · CC BY-SA 4.0
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St. Kieran's Church

Church building in Glendalough, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Sevenchurches Or Camaderry, Co. Wicklow53.00988, -6.32720
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At a glance

  • TypeChurch
  • Recorded size 35m x 35m

What to look for

  • Nave and chancel

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

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  • 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

Situated SE of St Kevin's church in the NE corner of an enclosure (dims. 35m x 35m) defined by a drystone rubble wall. Foundations of a small nave (dims. c. 5.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) and chancel (c. 2.9m E-W; 2.7m N-S) church.

Full archaeological record 113 words

Situated SE of St Kevin's church in the NE corner of an enclosure (dims. 35m x 35m) defined by a drystone rubble wall. Foundations of a small nave (dims. c. 5.8m E-W; 4.5m N-S) and chancel (c. 2.9m E-W; 2.7m N-S) church. Features which are still evident include a W door, a narrow chancel opening, a door in the S wall of chancel, which may have led to a sacristy, and the foundations of a stone altar. The church is possibly dedicated to St Kieran, founder of Clonmacnoise, and there is a possible reference to its burning in the Annals under the year 1163. (Price 1945, 48; Leask 1950, 25-6; Barrow 1992, 39-40)

References

  • See linked document with plan taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 19 December 2012 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

Folklore and traditions

St KevinSt Kieran

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