Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Commons, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Commons
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.99320, -6.07976
- SMR number
- WI025-010003-
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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 level ground overlooking a sharp drop to the SW. Poorly preserved church (WI025-010001-) of which only the E gable survives. The church is traditionally associated with St Ernin (Ronan 1928, 139-40), and lies towards the N end of an oval graveyard (dims. 50m NE-SW; 40m NW-SE) defined by an early 19th-century wall possibly built on the perimeter of an earlier enclosure. Some 18th-century headstones have been re-erected along the wall. There is a granite font (WI025-010002-) beside the E gable of 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: 20 October 2012
References
Ronan, Rev. M.V. 1928 The ancient churches of the deanery of Wicklow. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 58, 132-55.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Font (present location)under 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.