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Cleristown South, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Cleristown South, 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
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 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 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

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

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