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Church

Seanchluain, County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Seanchluain, 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
Seanchluain
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.04871, -7.58429
SMR number
WA036-008001-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the bottom of a N-facing slope. This is the parish church of Ringagoragh within a rectangular graveyard defined by masonry walls (dims c. 50m E-W; c. 45m N-S), although the graveyard is extended to the W and S (dims c. 100m E-W; c. 60m N-S). This is a nave and chancel church, of which only the pointed chancel arch (Wth 1.95m) and the adjacent part of the S nave wall (int. L 9.3m) survive. Opposing holes (dims. 14cm x 13cm) placed high on the piers of the chancel arch may have supported a rood screen. A round-headed sandstone window (H 0.68m; Wth 0.17-0.19m) in a lintelled embrasure with dressed sandstone ingoings is towards the E end of the S nave wall. The site of St Nicholas’ Well (WA036-007----), where patterns were held on December 6th until c. 1830, is c. 70m to the NE and an earthwork site (WA036-006----) is c. 130m to the N. Archaeological testing (05E0329) over a large area (dims. c. 180m N-S; c. 160m E-W) immediatel S of the graveyard failed to produce any related material (Janes 2008e). (Power 1898a, 198-200)

Janes, T. (2008e) Shanacloon: No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2005: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 364, No. 1499. Wordwell. Dublin.
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.

Date of upload/revision: 6th October, 2011

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Nearby in the register

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

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