Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Knockroe (gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland
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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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 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
- House - 16th centuryunder 1 mi
- House - 16th centuryunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.