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- TypeChurch
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- Graveyard
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.
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History and description
On the northern edge of the River Goul valley, where the land is beginning to rise, in rolling pasture and tillage. There are fair views across valley in all directions.
Full archaeological record 142 words
On the northern edge of the River Goul valley, where the land is beginning to rise, in rolling pasture and tillage. There are fair views across valley in all directions. Roughly centrally placed within a sub-rectangular graveyard (KK008-017002-). A simple, rectangular structure (L c. 16m, Wth c. 6.5m) aligned roughly E-W. At time of inspection in 1987 the church interior was overgrown with trees and bushes and the walls totally obscured by thick ivy growth. According to the OS Letters (1839) only the W gable and the side walls were upstanding, the latter at the W end to a height of 'eight feet six inches' [c. 2.6m] (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 114 (38)). According to O'Carrigan (1905, vol. 2, 279), 'The walls are 3ft. [0.9m] thick, and are built of very rough stones. The door and windows have been all broken away'.
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Jean Farrelly · Updated 27 September 2017. 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.
- Priest's WellRitual site - holy well · Baunballinlough · 2.3 km · official record
At the edge of a valley floor, in rolling pasture. This is indicated on a Grand Jury Map as a holy well. When inspected in 1987 the well was in use as cattle pump and was capped with concrete.
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Around White Church
Other heritage nearby
- Grangefertagh castleCastle · 0.7 km
- Grangefertagh Round TowerRound tower · 1.1 km
- Grangefertagh Priory ChurchAbbey or friary · 1.1 km
- GrangefertaghMonastic site · 1.1 km
- Glashare CastleCastle · 2.4 km
- Rathlogan RingfortRingfort · 3.3 km
Recorded within 5 km
- 52 ringfortsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 11 castlesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 9 ancient churchesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 5 holy wellsArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 3 abbeys & friariesArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 2 round towersArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 1 monastic siteArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 1 standing stoneArchaeological Survey of Ireland
- 1 megalithic tombArchaeological Survey of Ireland
Walks and trails
- Gathabawn LoopWalking Trail · 11.3 km · nearest point 4.9 km
- Gathabawn Short LoopWalking Trail · 4.1 km · nearest point 5.2 km
- Cullahill - Heathy Way Loop WalkWalking Trail · 6.4 km · nearest point 5.6 km
Outdoors, towns and places to stay
- CapponellanForests · 10 km
- Dunmore WoodForests · 14 km
- Coolacurragh Wood Nature ReserveNature reserves · 9.1 km
- Grantstown Wood and Grantstown Lough Nature ReserveNature reserves · 10.0 km
- Clomanatagh CastleHistoric stays · 8.2 km
Other attractions nearby
- Donaghmore Famine Workhouse MuseumHistoric Houses and Castle · 11 km
Excavations nearby
- E2393 Rathlogan AR 51-2, County KilkennyRoad-scheme excavation report (TII) · 1.5 km
- E2394 Glashare AR 55-57, County LaoisRoad-scheme excavation report (TII) · 2.1 km