Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Dragoonhill, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dragoonhill
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kevins Ch., Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.09103, -6.59568
- SMR number
- WI009-017002-
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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
Situated on a low steep-sided knoll. The present church, possibly of 17th-century date, may occupy the location of the medieval church which was first mentioned in 1219-28 when it belonged to the convent of Timolin (MacNeill 1950, 58). Within the graveyard there is a 16th- or 17th-century graveslab (now reerected as a headstone). This is a tapering granite slab (present L 1.36m; Wth 0.49-0.67m; T 0.17m) with an equal-armed Maltese cross on a narrow stem defined by a shallow groove. A small granite disc-headed cross dated 166..? also stood in the graveyard (Drury 1901-03, 511) and there is a granite mortar or piscina with four lugs in the church. This site was part of the medieval borough of Hollywood (WI009-017----). (Bradley and King 1989, 48-52)
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
References
MacNeill, C. 1950 Calendar of Archbishop Alen's register c. 1172-1534. Dublin.
Drury, C. 1901-3 Hollywood Parish. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 5, 511.
Bradley, J. and King, H.A. 1989 Urban archaeological survey - county Wicklow. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.