Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballygunnermore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballygunnermore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.21491, -7.06264
- SMR number
- WA018-043----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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 rock outcrop on the W shoulder of a knoll. There is only one reference to 'Cill Briocain' at 'Baile na Guaithe' stating that it was located just NE of a spot-height on the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map (Power 1906a, 19). It is not visible at ground level, and may be occupied by farm buildings. It may have been a penal church.
Power, Rev. P. (1906a) The place-names of the Decies WAJ 9, 12-39, 80-106, 154-70, 228-65.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.