Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Loughnageer, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughnageer
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of St. Catherines Chapel
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Catherines Chapel (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.28697, -6.79092
- SMR number
- WX040-037----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 20m N-S: c. 8m E-W) and described as the site of St. Catherine’s Chapel on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 records the tradition of a church site dedicated to St Catherine (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 355). It is located at the S tip of a N-S spur. This is a neglected and scrub-covered triangular enclosure (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 80m N-S) with no visible remains of a church structure or burial at ground level. St Catherine's Well (WX040-039----) lies c. 430m to the ENE. (Murphy c. 1994, 17)
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: 20 February, 2013
References
Murphy, I. (Ed.) (c. 1994) Clongeen through the ages. Authors.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burnt moundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.