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Church

Rosahane, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rosahane, 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
Rosahane
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Grave Yard
Coordinates
52.89210, -6.39024
SMR number
WI034-008004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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 level ground in forestry. All that remains of the church is a subrectangular area of rubble (dims. 23m E-W; 14m N-S) with a gap representing an entrance at the S. An open area in the centre (dims. c. 10m E-W; 5.4m N-S) may represent the church interior. Situated S of the centre of an oval enclosure (dims. c. 70m NW-SE; 60m NE-SW) defined by a rubble bank (Wth 4m; H 1-1.5m) of large slabs and blocks with drystone facing on the N side. The original entrance (Wth 2.5m) is at the SE and modern access is through an extension also at the SE. A field drain (Wth 2m) runs outside the bank at the SW. The graveyard has some eighteenth-century headstones and is still in occasional use. A subrectangular font (WI034-008003-) with a slot opening on one side (Price 1959, 175) has been removed from the graveyard.

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: 26 July 2013

Nearby in the register

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

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