Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Round tower
Ferns Demesne, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Demesne
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.58949, -6.49191
- SMR number
- WX015-003028-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
A round tower with a square base (Anon. 1910-11, 3-4; Barrow 1979, 196) is attached to the W wall of the nave of St. Mary's Abbey (WX015-003004-). It is entererd from the nave and a newel stairs rises to a doorway overhead, probably leading to a gallery. From the roof level the tower is round and divided into two levels, the upper with four square lights (Anon. 1864-8, 132). It is a National monument. (Ffrench 1895, 403; Leask 1955, vol. 1, 163–4; Harbison 1975, 247; O'Keeffe 1997, 57-60)
O’Keeffe, T. (1997) Diarmait Mac Murchada and Romanesque Leinster. JRSAI, vol. 127, 52-79.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 30 April, 2012
References
Anon. 1864-8 Proceedings and papers. Journal of the Royal Society of Antquaries of Ireland, vol. 8, 109-39.
Anon. 1909-10 78th annual report of the Office of Public Works. Unpublished report.
O'Keeffe, T. 1997 Diarmait Mac Murchada and Romanesque Leinster. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 127, 52-79.
Leask, H.G. 1955 (Reprint 1977 and 1987) Irish churches and monastic buildings, vol. I. The first phases of the Romanesque. Dundalk. Dundalgan Press.
Harbison, P. 1975 (2nd. ed. 1992 reprint) Guide to the national monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin.
Ffrench, Rev. J. F. M. 1895 Excursions in County Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 25, 403-11.
Lennox Barrow, G. 1979 The round towers of Ireland: a study and gazetteer. Dublin. The Academy Press.
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