Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Castle - unclassified
Castlebridge (part of), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlebridge (part of)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.38246, -6.44994
- SMR number
- WX032-031003-
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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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on the S bank of a meandering NE-SW tidal river c. 60m from the stream. Lewis (1837, vol. 1, 45) records that the present Church of Ireland church was built in 1764 on the site of a castle that was on ground provided by the bishop. The name ‘Castlebridge’ would suggest that there was a castle here, but this and the Lewis statement are the only indications of it. The 1839 and 1925 eds of the OS 6-inch map record the site of a church (WX032-031001-) at the same location. There is no visible trace of an older church or castle at ground level within a raised rectangular graveyard (WX032-031002-), and the present church was probably built in the developing village of Castlebridge at a location that may have had a castle.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 August, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.