Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Monastery, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Monastery
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monastery (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.19991, -6.17513
- SMR number
- WI003-031002-
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Shown on 5 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
Situated in an area named the 'Little Glen of the Monastery' on the 1912 OS 6-inch map which lies between two roads running parallel (50m apart) towards Enniskerry. The site appears to have consisted of a church and a holy well. A font is reported to have been dug up near the site, and there is a possible holy well (WI003-031001-) to the SE. The site is very overgrown. (O'Flanagan 1928, 2-3; Price 1957, 292-4).
Archaeological test trenches opened in the vicinity of this monument in 2007, as part of the construction of the Enniskerry water supply scheme (Excavation Licence 07E0169), did not reveal anything of archaeological significance (Bayley 2010, 555)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 13 December 2012
Revised by: Claire Breen
References
Bayley D. 2010 Killegar/Monastery, Enniskerry. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 555 (No. 2008). Bray. Wordwell.
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1928 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Wicklow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.
Price, L. 1957 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. V - The barony of Rathdown. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (281-338).
Nearby in the register
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.