Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Religious house - Cistercian monks
Baltinglass East, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baltinglass East
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Abbey
- Latest-edition OS map
- Abbey (in Ruins), Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.94395, -6.70967
- SMR number
- WI027-024001-
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Shown on 5 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. 203. Situated at the N end of Baltinglass Town, 100m E of the River Slaney. Only the church survives of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1148. The church has a long nave, with an imposing nave arcade, a choir and a presbytery (with a three-light window) (overall L c. 56m), with two later transepts. The W door has a two-centred granite arch doorway, probably fifteenth century in date, and a three-light window above. The E end of the church has several Romanesque carved capitals, and there is a sedilia in the presbytery. A crossing-tower was built in the later Middle Ages, and subsequently rebuilt in 1815 in the Neo-Gothic style. The 'abbots castle' (WI027-024002-) was demolished in 1882 to provide materials for the building of the rectory. (Stalley 1987, 242)
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
Stalley, R. 1987 The Cistercian monasteries of Ireland. London and New Haven. Yale University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.