Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Raheenaclonagh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheenaclonagh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37554, -6.77438
- SMR number
- WX035-097003-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the bottom of a NE-facing slope on the NE-SW spine of Carrickbyrne Hill, and on the W side of a NW-SE road. A mass-rock (WX035-097001-) was known locally to be in an area that had been overgrown until 2000 AD when the owner and others cleared it(http://www.newbawnns.info/ringsofred/churches.htm accessed on 30-10-2012). The mass-rock was associated with a granite cross (WX035-097002-), and a building at the roadside, regarded locally as a hege-school, was conserved at the same time. This is a two-room structure (int. dims 9.85m NW-SE; 2.8m NE-SW) defined by low, clay-bonded walls (T 0.55m; H 0.6m), with an entrance (Wth 0.5m) from the road at the S end of the NE wall marked by upright stones (dims. 0.45m x 0.1m; H 1.05-1.15m). An internal wall divides it into two rooms of almost equal size with a gap (Wth 0.6m) against the NE wall. There is no evidence of a fireplace.
See the attached view of the building from N
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.