Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sarcophagus
Townparks (St. John's Par.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Townparks (St. John's Par.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33917, -6.46530
- SMR number
- WX037-032035-
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
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
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The National Monuments Service's description
There are no visible remains of the parish church of St. John’s within the graveyard (WX037-032034-), but a sarcophagus (H 1.6m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.32m; D 0.26m) with three drain-holes (Bradley 1988, 90) is set upright in the graveyard.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 December, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.