Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Deerpark (rathdown By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deerpark (rathdown By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.14839, -6.20229
- SMR number
- WI007-040001-
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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 natural level platform (dims. 30m x 20m) overlooking the steep bank of the Dargle River to the N and E. The OS letters (O’Flanagan 1928, 8) mention that some cut stone from the door and windows of a small church and burial ground, at the bottom of Powerscourt Waterfall, had already disappeared in 1836. A bullaun stone described by Price (1957, 287–8; 1959, 165) as a large boulder with four artificial hollows was, until recently, on the bank of the river to the S. The area has been severely damaged by flooding in recent years.
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: 28 September 2012
References
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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.