Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Maudlintown (forth By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Maudlintown (forth By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- St. Mary Magdalenes Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ch. (in Rns.)
- Coordinates
- 52.32753, -6.45053
- SMR number
- WX037-042001-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The parish church of Maudlintown is situated on a low-lying landscape within a rectangular graveyard (dims. c. 50-55m E-W; c. 35m N-S) defined by masonry walls. It was attached to the Leper Hospital (WX037-041----) and was granted to the Knights Hospitaller of St John at Kilmainham, Co. Dublin in the 15th century. Portion of the W gable (L 7m; max. H 2.5m) with a break at the centre survives with part of the adjacent S wall. The lower end of a medieval graveslab (Wth 0.41-0.51m; T 0.13m; H 0.67m) with a raised fleur-de-lis terminal is used as a grave-marker at the N edge of the church. The site of St Mary Magdalene's Well (WX037-040----), at which patterns were celebrated on the 22nd of July until c. 1790 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 376) is c. 150m to the NE. Archaeological testing (13E0258) by Mary Henry immediately S of the graveyard produced no related material (excavations.ie 2013:173).
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: 14 December, 2012
Amended: 24 November 2020
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.