Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Tomgarrow (scarawalsh By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Tomgarrow (scarawalsh By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 52.56943, -6.58877
- SMR number
- WX015-006001-
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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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the edge of a small plateau on a SW-facing slope with a NW-SE stream c. 80m to the SW. The N wall of the church (T 0.85m) was described as clay-bonded in the 1940s (SMR file), but it is now reduced to a scarp (L 12m; H 0.3–0.5m) oriented ENE–WSW. It is within a rectangular graveyard (dims c. 40m NE-SW: c. 25m NW-SE) defined by an earthen bank with trees, and the graveyard has headstones dating from c. 1764 to 1808. In the graveyard there is a plain granite cross with a semicircular cross-section and a shaft narrowing towards the intersection (H 0.67m; Wth 0.47m; max. T 0.2m), which is probably 18th century in date. A fragment of a curved cut stone, probably from a pointed doorway that was present in the 1940s (SMR file), cannot be found now. Rath (WX015-005----) is c. 50m to the NW.
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: 30 April, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.