Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Borleagh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Borleagh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.73362, -6.29300
- SMR number
- WX003-026001-
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 SE-facing slope. This is the parish church of Kilmakilloge parish. The grass-covered remains of an undivided nave and chancel church (ext. dims. 21m E-W; 8m N-S; int. dims. 17.8m E-W; 4.8m N-S; H 0.5-1m) are within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 65m E-W; c. 65m N-S) that has been extended the E and N (dims c. 130m ENE-WSW; c. 95m NNW-SSE). The church has no distinguishing features but there may have been a doorway at W end of N wall where there is a break (Wth 1.5m). Limerick Castle (WX003-024----) is c. 450m to the W and earthwork (WX003-025----) is c. 100m to the WSW.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Settlement clusterunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.