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Church

Rathumney, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rathumney, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathumney
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
52.29419, -6.86953
SMR number
WX040-029001-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: 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

Marked faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 8m N-S) described in gothic lettering as the site of a church on the 1839 ed. of the OS-inch map. It is situated on a slight rise. The site of Rathumney church is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 65m E-W; c. 40m N-S) defined by stone-clad earthen banks, but the W part of the graveyard is overgrown and inaccessible. There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level. The site of St Margaret's Well (WX040-015----) is c. 480m to the NW. It may have served as a private or estate chapel for Rathumney castle (WX040-028001-) c. 350m to the NW.

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: 21 February, 2013

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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