Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballyduff (Scarawalsh By., Kilcomb ED), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyduff (Scarawalsh By., Kilcomb ED)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Kilcomb Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Kilcomb Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.64815, -6.47169
- SMR number
- WX010-010001-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a NE-facing slope between two NW-SE spurs of the N-S ridge of Slieveboy Hill. There is a NW-SE stream c. 130m to the NE. This is the parish church of Kilcomb within a triangular graveyard (dims c. 70m N-S; c. 60m E-W). According to a Visitation by Thomas Ram, the Protestant bishop of Ferns, in 1615 Richard Turner was the priest, but the condition of the church is not recorded (Hore 1900-11, vol. 6, 274). The church is a rectangular building (int. dims 16.75m E-W; 5m N-S) of clay-bonded walls (H c. 1m) with a lot of quartz stones. No features are visible apart from a vertical joint in the S wall towards the E end. The structure is divided into two cells (W cell: int. dim. 12.3m E-W) created by an inserted wall (Wth 0.7m) with a communicating gap (Wth 0.75m) at the S end. There are at least two headstones within the church, dated 1799 and 1819.
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 10 Aoril, 2012
Amended: 12 May, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.