Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cleristown South, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleristown South
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- R. C. Chapel (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.27088, -6.59656
- SMR number
- WX041-037----
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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
Marked as a roofed, rectangular structure (dims c. 20m E-W; c. 10m N-S) on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic lettering as ‘R.C. Chapel in ruins’. It is situated on a gentle S-facing slope on the E side of a farm lane, with Cleristown castle site (WX041-038----) c. 10m to the N. There are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level. It may have been a penal or post-penal Roman Catholic church that became disused when a cruciform church was built c. 650m to the N, which is depicted as extant on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map or, given its obscure location, it may have served the castle as a chapel.
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: 19 March, 2013
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.