Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Ballycanew, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycanew
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- G. Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.60900, -6.30490
- SMR number
- WX016-011002-
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a slight rise in the valley of the S-N Owenavorragh River, with the stream c. 150m to the E, and in the centre of Ballycanew village. The site of the parish church of Ballycanew (WX016-011001-) is within a subcircular raised graveyard (dims. 44m E-W; 30m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. A bullaun stone (WX016-011003-) is in the NE area of the graveyard.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 21 May, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.