Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballylannan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballylannan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- site of Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.26942, -6.76052
- SMR number
- WX040-047----
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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).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Depicted faintly as a rectangular structure (dims c. 10m E-W; c. 6m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as the site of a church. John O'Donovan writing c. 1840 (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 2, 216-7) recorded that the E gable of the church was then standing. It is situated on a shelf of an E-facing slope, with a small N-S stream c. 70m to the E. This is a slightly sunken grass-covered area (dims. 10m N-S; 7m E-W) with some dressed stones, including one with a chamfer. There is no evidence of an enclosure or of burial.
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: 18 February, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.