Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Prospecthall, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Prospecthall
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (site of)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 51.95758, -7.82596
- SMR number
- WA040A001001-
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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)
- 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 on a knoll on a N-facing slope overlooking the estuary of the Blackwater River, just the NW. This is the parish church of Kinsalebeg within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 55m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by an overgrown earthen bank. A derelict Church of Ireland church occupies the site and there is no evidence of an older structure. An early 17th-century graveslab with a Latin inscription commemorating Elizabeth, the daughter of Sir Edward Harris of Ardmore and Youghal, and the wife of a Lancaster, precentor of Lismore in 1616 (Power 1898a, 200-201), can no longer be found. Archaeological testing (09E0117) c. 70m to the SW failed to produce any related material (Carroll 2009)
Carroll, M. (2009) Archaeological assessment including testing of a proposed development at Prospect Hill, Kinsalebeg, Co. Waterford. Unpublished report. Tobar Archaeological Services.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 20 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Courthouseunder 1 mi
- Market-houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.