Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilmovee, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmovee
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.25114, -7.36245
- SMR number
- WA008-030001-
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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
Situated towards the bottom of a gentle S-facing slope. This is an early ecclesiastical site which may have had an oval ecclesiastical enclosure (WA008-030002-) originally, but this is now truncated at S by an E-W field bank. It is a D-shaped, grass-covered area (dims. 58m E-W; 22m N-S) defined by a scarp (H 0.2-0.5m) with slight traces of an external fosse (Wth c. 3m) W-N-E. There is a mound (WA008-030006-) (diam. 5.5m; H 0.3m) towards the centre.
A D-shaped bullaun stone (WA008-030003-) of Old Red Sandstone conglomerate (dims. 0.4m x 0.33m) with a single basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.15m) which is truncated at one side is built into the W face of the E wall of a NNW-SSE lane immediately to the W of the enclosure. A second larger bullaun stone (WA008-030004-) (dims. 0.95m x 0.65m) of conglomerate with a single basin (dims. 0.30-0.34m; D 0.8m) is in the W face of the E wall of the lane, c. 35m from the junction with the E-W public road to the S. There is local knowledge of 'hollow sound' under the lane immediately W of the enclosure which may be a souterrain (WA008-030007-). A well (WA008-030005-) which is now blocked is located at the W side of the lane near the possible souterrrain but is not regarded as holy.
Archaeological testing (98E0558) produced evidence of furnaces (WA008-052----) c. 85m to the NW of the church (Pollock 2000). Further archaeological testing (11E0077) c. 50m to the E produced no related material, but in an assessment Pollock concludes that the site might not be ecclesiastical, (Pollock 2011). (Power 1952, 397)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 7th June, 2011.
References
Power, P. 1952 The placenames of the Decies (second ed.). Cork University Press.
Pollock, D. 2000 Kilmovee. Kilns, medieval?. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 1998: summary account of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 207. Bray Wordwell.
Pollock, D. 2011 Archaeological impact assessment of a proposed development at Kilmovee, Portlaw, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Archaeografix.
Nearby in the register
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.