Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Barragh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Barragh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Barragh Church (in ruins), Graveyard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Barragh Church (in Ruins), Graveyard
- Coordinates
- 52.68918, -6.73225
- SMR number
- CW017-042001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 16 December 2009
Revised by: J. Farrelly
Parish church of Barragh. Unenclosed remains of long narrow structure (25m x 4.8m) of random rubble with regular granite quoins, with relatively well-preserved W end (H of walls 5m) and poorly preserved S wall. E gable not identifiable. Gap indicates entrance in S wall towards W corner. Single narrow round-headed ope with wide internal splay and round rear arch suggests early medieval date. Base of granite font ouside entrance (JKAS 1933, 245). Upper stone of a rotary quern lies in the grass to N of church. Irregular graveyard (CW017-042002-) 20m to N of church with eighteenth-century headstones.
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.