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Church

Barragh, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Barragh, County Carlow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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