Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Mocollop, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mocollop
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Marys Church
- Coordinates
- 52.14948, -8.09401
- SMR number
- WA019-002001-
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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)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a rise on the N side of the floodplain of the W-E Blackwater River and at the base of a steep S-facing slope. The site of the parish church of Mocollop which was united with Lismore by the 17th century. The united parish was almost co-extensive with the barony of Coshmore and Coshbride, extending as far S as the River Bride and E to the Glenshelane River.
The E wall (Wth 1m; H 0.1m;) and traces of the N and S walls of the church (int. dims 5.8m N-S; at least 7m E-W) are just S of the abandoned C of I church. The headstone (max. H 1.25m; Wth 0.8-0.85m) of Richard Norris, dated 1629, is at the centre of the rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. Mocollop Castle (WA019-003----) is c. 300m to the S. (Power 1898a, 216)
Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.
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.
Revised by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 February 2011
References
Power, Rev. P. 1898a Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 4, 83-95, 195-219.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.