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Church

Killabeg, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Killabeg, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Killabeg
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
52.54268, -6.51846
SMR number
WX020-004001-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · 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

Described as the site of a church within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 90-100m) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map and as the site of a church on the 1940 ed. of the map. It is situated at the crest of a gentle S-facing slope. The remains of the church (int. dims. 15m E–W; 6m N–S) appear as grass-covered walls (Wth c. 1.5m; H 0.5-0.8m) on the S side of an E-W field bank. The bank (Wth 6–8m; H 0.3m) of a circular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. 83m E-W) survives SW–N–E forming a D-shaped enclosure (dim. 59m N-S) on the N side of the field bank. There is a record from the 1940s of one visible headstone (SMR file) but there is no evidence of burial in the 1980s. There is local knowledge that what is called a font was taken to the County Wexford Museum in Enniscorthy.

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: 31 May, 2012

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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