Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Charnel house
Monkstown Housefarm, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monkstown Housefarm
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.28987, -6.15062
- SMR number
- DU023-013003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated in a flat urban site to the NE of the junction of Carrickbrennan Road and Mounttown Road Upper.
The W gable of the medieval church (DU023-012001-) of Carrickbrennan is incorporated into the 17th century charnel-house (Turner 1983, 28-29).
After the dissolution of St. Mary's, the church and tithes were given to Sir John Travers. In 1668 Sir Edward Corker re-built the church for the parish, and further works took place in the 19th century (Turner 1983, 28-29).
The Charnel house is located within the walled graveyard (DU023-013002-) which contains 18th and 19th century memorials.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 22 May 2018
References
Turner, K. 1983 If you seek monuments: a guide to the antiquities of the barony of Rathdown. Rathmichael Historical Society.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.