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Church

County Dublin, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, County Dublin, 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

County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in ruins)
Coordinates
53.33003, -6.34067
SMR number
DU018-033001-

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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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The church is located on a distinct rise within a graveyard which is enclosed by a stone wall. A stream runs along the bottom of the graveyard which is N facing. This church was in use in 1547 (Ball 1906, 133). The Book of Reference to the Down Survey (1655-6) mentions the ruins of an old chapel (Simington 1945, 292). Today the W gable is the most prominent feature of the church. Built of roughly coursed masonry using very large blocks and large squared-off quoins. It is a relatively small building (int. dims L 8.5m, Wth 4.4m, T 0.95m) entered through a pointed, segmental W doorway. The interior is lit by a plain rectangular ope with a deeply splayed embrasure above the doorway. There are remains of the S jamb of a window in the SE. A corbel low down on the N wall indicates the extent of collapse in the interior. Building collapse extends for a distance of 5m around the perimeter of the church (Anon 1914, 271; Ball 1906, 132-133).

Nearby in the register

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

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