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Church

Clonea Lower, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Clonea Lower, 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
Clonea Lower
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Clonea Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Clonea Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.10456, -7.54745
SMR number
WA031-037001-

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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)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape with the N-S Douglas stream c. 200m to the W. This is the parish church of Clonea within a D-shaped graveyard (dims. c. 30m E-W; c. 25m N-S) defined by stone walls, but farm buildings impinge on the church and graveyard at the N and E. This is a nave (ext. dims. 14.5m E-W; 9.05m N-S) and chancel church, of which only the nave survives almost complete, except the N nave wall. There is a destroyed doorway towards the W end of the S wall, with a blocked tomb-recess and a transitional round-headed window embrasure towards its E end. A pointed chancel arch (Wth 2.2m; H 2.9m), probably inserted, leads to the chancel, which can no longer be discerned. There is evidence of a window in the N nave wall similar to that in the S wall. The site of Clonea castle (WA031-038----) is c. 240m to the SSW. (Power 1897b, 3-5)

Power, Rev. P. (1897b) The ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford. WAJ 3, 3-12, 72-8; 216-227.

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: 25th August, 2011.

Nearby in the register

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

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