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Settlement deserted - medieval

Kilmeadan, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Settlement deserted - medieval, Kilmeadan, County Waterford, 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
Kilmeadan
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.24799, -7.24721
SMR number
WA008-018----

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Kilmeadan received a charter from King Henry III (1216-72) with the rights of Breteuil, and the manor of Kilmeadan was the property of John Fitzthomas Fitzgerald in 1282. In 1285 it was granted to Walter de la Haye with a weekly market (Sweetman 1879, No. 1311). By the early 14th century it had passed into Le Poer hands, and John, the son of Benedict le Poer was styled Lord of Rathgormuck and Kilmeadan in 1328. Le Poer continued to be so styled into the fifteenth century. In the Civil Survey (Simington 1942, 138) Kilmeadan is a manor owned by John Power of Dunhill (WA025-045001-) in 1640. It must have continued as a settlement as the population was 69 in 1659 (Pender 1939, 345). The location is uncertain, but it may have been around the site of the parish church (WA008-018001-). However, archaeological testing (99E0164) c. 150m to the W of the church produced no evidence of the settlement (Moore 2000). Kilmeadan castle (WA008-049----) is c. 1km to the E. (Bradley et al. 1989, 53-4)

Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Date of Upload: 3rd November, 2010.

References

Pender, S. (ed.) 1939 A census of Ireland, c. 1659. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1942 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol VI: county of Waterford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

Bradley, J., Halpin, A. and King, H. 1989b Urban archaeological survey - Waterford City and County (2 vols.). Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

Moore, M. 2000 Kilmeadan: no archaeological significance. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1999: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 294, No. 848. Bray. Wordwell.

Sweetman, H.S. (ed.) 1879 Calendar of documents relating to Ireland. Vol. iii, 1285-1292. London.

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

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