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Church

Knockroe (Gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Knockroe, 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
Knockroe (Gaultiere By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
St. Annes Churhc
Latest-edition OS map
St. Annes Church
Coordinates
52.23860, -6.97394
SMR number
WA018-009003-

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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)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a high, steep cliff overlooking Passage East. St Anne's oratory was built after 1284 by Matthew de Bruys of Coolmacsawry, a manor of the surrounding area. A church is recorded on Jobson's map of 1591 (TCD, MSS 1209 (64)) and it is depicted as a ruin in a 1685 drawing by Phillips (Walton 1979a, 21). A new church, which had been built on the site by 1746, is now converted into a dwelling. No remains of the original church are evident. St Anne's Well (WA018-009004-) is c. 90m to the SW.

Walton, J. (1979a) Aspects of Passage East. Part I. Decies, No. 10, 23-8.

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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