Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Newcastle Middle, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Newcastle Middle
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 53.07282, -6.07332
- SMR number
- WI019-005006-
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 low rise with a steep drop on the N side. Part of the medieval borough of Newcastle (WI019-005----) this foundation was granted to the convent of Grace Dieu by John Comyn, Archbishop of Dublin (1181-1212) but nothing now survives of the medieval establishment. The present structure is a late 18th or early 19th-century Church of Ireland parish church (Bradley and King 1989, 65) which may be on the site of the earlier church (WI019-005001-). The triangular graveyard, defined by a modern wall and bordered by the public road at the W and N contains a large number of early 18th-century headstones. The base (Wth. 0.43m; T 0.03m; H 0.9-0.23m) of one 17th-century headstone (..ST...TH...20TH...1699) lies at the E end of the church.
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
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 Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.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
- Headstoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.