Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killagowan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killagowan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.49702, -6.36165
- SMR number
- WX027-004002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Located at the crest of a N and E-facing slope. The parish church of Meelnagh (WX027-004001-) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims. c. 47m E-W; c. 37m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. Tobermaclura holy well (WX021-027----) is c. 180m to the ENE. Archaeological testing (03E0953) c. 25m to the SE of the graveyard in Ballytarsna townland failed to produce any related material (Stafford 2006).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 July, 2012
References
Stafford, E. 2006 Ballytarsna. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2003: summary accounts of archaeological excavatinos in Ireland, 530, No. 2008. Bray, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Water mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.