Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Morrissysland, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Morrissysland
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Stephens Cemetery
- Coordinates
- 52.39892, -6.92840
- SMR number
- WX029-013006-
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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
Situated at the crest of an E-facing slope. The church of St. Stephen (WX029-013017-) and its graveyard (WX029-013069-) are within a subcircular ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 160m E-W; c. 140m N-S) defined by stone walls and hedges, but burial has now expanded to fill the ecclesiastical enclosure. The site of St. Stephen’s Well (WX029-013070-) is inside the perimeter of the enclosure at SE. Archaeological testing (03E1390) c. 100m S of the enclosure produced some north Devon ware and some eroded late medieval wares in secondary contexts, but no features or structures were recorded (McLoughlin 2007a) and testing (04E0266) in Reddysland c. 50m W of the enclosure produce no related material (McLoughlin 2007b).
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: 2 August, 2012
Amended: 4 April, 2014
References
McLoughlin, C. 2007a Morrisseysland, New Ross. Possible medievel. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavatsions 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 469, No. 1817. Dublin, Wordwell
McLoughlin, C. 2007b Reddysland, New Ross. No archaeological significance. in I. Bennett (ed.), Excavatsions 2004: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 470, No. 1821. Dublin, Wordwell
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.