Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Augustinian canons
Derrybawn, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrybawn
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Priory of St. Saviour (in Ruins), Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 53.00785, -6.31223
- SMR number
- WI023-031----
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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
National Monument in state ownership No. 134. Situated about half a mile SE of the cathedral, on the south bank of the river, this Romanesque church is one of the latest at Glendalough. Said to have been founded for Augustinian Canons by St Lawrence O'Toole in 1162, it became Arroasian probably soon after 1163 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1988, 177). The buildings (now largely restored) consist of a nave (dims. 12.7m E-W; 6.35m N-S) and chancel (dims. 5.36m E-W; 3.56m N-S) with possible domestic building (c. 12.2m E-W; c. 5.8m N-S) attached to the N side of the nave. The chancel arch (of three orders) and the two-light E window have Romanesque ornament, including human and animal figures. The E wall has two aumbries one at each side of the window opening, and there are a number of small cupboards in the chancel. The nave has two doors and two windows in the S wall and one door in the N wall. The chancel was originally barrel-vaulted. A mural stairs rises southwards in the east wall of the attached building and led to an upper floor. (Leask 1950, 33-6; Barrow 1992, 43-8)
See attached screenshots of 3D model of church created by The Discovery Programme. 3D model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/AKu6
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: 19 December 2012
See linked document with plan taken from Robert Cochrane Historical and Descriptive Notes with Ground Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Ecclesiastical Remains at Glendalough, Co. Wicklow. Extract from the Eightieth Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland 1911-12. Dublin, 1925.
References
Leask, H.G. 1950 Glendalough, Co. Wicklow: national monuments vested in the Commissioners of Public Works. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Lennox Barrow, G. 1992 (Reprint of 1972 edition) Glendalough and St Kevin. Dundalgan Press, Dundalk.
Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R.N. 1970 (Reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses of Ireland. Dublin. Irish Academic Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.