Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Adamstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Adamstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of R.C. Chapel
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38925, -6.72435
- SMR number
- WX031-024----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
Marked faintly as a cruciform structure (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 15m N-S) described as 'Site of R.C. Chapel' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map and situated on a slight SE-facing slope. It is not visible at ground level in pasture and was a post-penal Catholic church. Toberbaun or Tober Abban (WX031-058----) is c. 400m to the S.
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: 27 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.