County: Cork Site name: kildorrery
Sites and Monuments Record No.: CO018–047(02) Licence number: E004075
Author: Catryn Power, Cork County Archaeologist, County Hall, Cork City.
Site type: Medieval church
Period/Dating: —
ITM: E 570984m, N 610519m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.245636, -8.424894
A programme of conservation works was undertaken by the craftsmen of the Historic Monument’s Advisory Committee of Cork County Council, at the medieval church of Kildorrery. A church was listed here in the Papal Taxation of 1291 but was in ruins by 1591 (Brady 1863, vol. 2). The church ruins comprise a nave and added chancel built of uncoursed rubble sandstone and limestone, predominantly sandstone (Cotter 2000). The east and west end walls are both missing. The surviving walls are covered in dense tree and ivy growth. During monitoring of the removal of rubble from collapsed walling in the chancel area, four fragments of cut stone were found, which included two with carved heads and two with floriated decoration. The south wall of the nave has been consolidated. Further consolidation work is planned.
Reference
Brady, W.M. 1863 Clerical and parochial records of Cork, Cloyne and Ross (3 vols), Vol 2. Privately published.
Cotter, E. 2000 Condition survey of heritage sites in the care of Cork County Council. Unpublished.
