Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Clashmore, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clashmore
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.00968, -7.81857
- SMR number
- WA037-008003-
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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
Located towards the bottom of a S-facing slope on the N bank of the Greagagh River at a point where it changes from a NE-SW direction and turns W to join the N-S River Blackwater c. 2.3km to the W. The site of an early church (WA037-008001-) and the site of the parish church of Clashmore (WA037-008002-) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 100m E-W; c. 60m N-S) defined by masonry walls. It contains of a C of I church that has been converted into a heritage centre. St Mochua’s Well (WA037-007----) is c. 300m to the W.
Archaeological excavation (07E0051) on a small site c. 40m N of the graveyard produced no related material (Lynch 2010b), and testing (06E1088) on a large area (dims. c. 270m N-S; c. 125m E-W) W of the graveyard produced only post-medieval features (Lynch 2009).
Lynch, R. (2009) Clashmore. Post-medieval activity. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 527-8, No. 1980. Wordwell. Dublin.
Lynch, R. (2010b) Mansfield, Clashmore. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 513, No. 1810. Wordwell. Dublin.
Power, Rev. P. (1896b) The ancient ruined churches of Waterford. WAJ. 2, 2-15, 195-298.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10th November 2011
References
Lynch, R. 2009 Clashmore. Post-medieval activity. in I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2006: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 527-8, No. 1980. Wordwell. Dublin.
Lynch, R. 2010 Mansfield, Clashmore. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of excavations in Ireland, 513, No. 1810. Wordwell. Dublin.
Power, Rev. P. 1896 The ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford. Waterford and South East of Ireland Archaeological Journal 2, 2-15, 195-208.
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