Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Crosscoolharbour, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crosscoolharbour
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Scurlocks Grave Yd. (Disused)
- Coordinates
- 53.17795, -6.50419
- SMR number
- WI005-027001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a steep SE-facing slope, now overlooking the Blessington Reservoir. Pentagonal graveyard (max. Wth 35m) defined by a modern wall. The earliest identifiable grave dates to 1747. A curving dip in the ground on the NE side of the site may represent the perimeter of a circular enclosure (max. diam. c. 65m). A holy well (WI005-028----) lies to the E.
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 upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.