Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Westaston Demesne, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Westaston Demesne
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Graveyard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.92886, -6.14696
- SMR number
- WI030-016001-
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 gentle E-facing slope in parkland. A reference in the Crede Mihi to a rector at Kilmacurragh (in this townland) prior to 1275 would suggest an early church site (Ronan 1928, 149). A circular enclosure labelled 'Site of Grave Yard' on the 1838 OS 6-inch map immediately to the east of Westaston House was levelled in 1836.
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: 11 July 2013
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
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.