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Church

Knockeen, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Knockeen, 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
Knockeen
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.20772, -7.15939
SMR number
WA017-033001-

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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)
  • 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

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope. The parish church of Kilburne which was in ruins in 1615 (Anon. 1902, 111) is within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 45m N-S). The church is an undifferentiated structure (ext. dims. 20m E-W; 6.85m N-S) of which only the N and E walls survive (max. H c. 2.4m) with traces of one light in the N wall. A cross-wall towards the W end of the church forms a small cell (int. dims. 3.05m E-W; 4.82m N-S) described as a tower (Power 1895b, 165-6). Attached to the S wall of the church, at the W end, is a small cell of drystone-walling (int. dims. 6m N-S; 3.6m E-W). A portal tomb (WA026-003----) is incorporated into the wall of the rectangular graveyard at the SE corner.

Anon. (1902) Documents illustrating the history of Waterford: 1 - The Protestant diocese of Waterford in 1615. WAJ 8, 103-19.
Power, Rev. P. (1895b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 1, 133-41, 152-72; 247-53.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Nearby in the register

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

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