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Church

Bahana (Newcastle By.), County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Bahana, County Wicklow, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Bahana (Newcastle By.)
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins), Grave Yard
Coordinates
52.94326, -6.19710
SMR number
WI030-007----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a marked S-facing slope overlooking a valley. This is the parish church of Kilcommon, recorded in Irish sources as Cille Commáin and Gill Comain (Pers Com. Conchubhar Ó Crualaoich). A nave and chancel church (dims. 12.1m E-W x 6.3m N-S) of uncoursed mortared rubble. The walls are represented by collapsed rubble (T 0.9-1.1m; H 0.4-0.6m) apart from the E gable (H 5.4m) which is still standing. No trace of a doorway. The E gable has an incomplete central window with chamfered granite jambs and a wall niche at the SE angle. The church is towards the E end of a quadrangular graveyard (dims. 45m WNW-ESE; 40m at the E - 30m at the W) defined by a collapsed earth and stone bank (Wth 2m), and a slight outer fosse at the N and E (Wth 1.8m). There are several mid-eighteenth-century graveslabs in 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: 17 December 2008

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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