Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Cleristown South, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cleristown South
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Castle
- Latest-edition OS map
- Castle (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.27100, -6.59656
- SMR number
- WX041-038----
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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 feature (dims c. 10m E-W; c. 5m N-S) on the 1839 Ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in gothic lettering as the site of a castle. It is situated on a slight S-facing slope. References to Devereux of Cleristown, but not to a castle, date from 1543 (Jeffrey 1979, 70 71), and while John Devereux owned 480 acres at Cleristown in 1640 together with 580 acres at Sleedagh, Blackmoor, Norristown and Pollmanagh in Kilmannan parish, there is no mention of a castle at Cleristown in the Civil Survey (1654-6) (Simington 1953, 136-7). There are no visible remains of a structure at ground level. The church site (WX041-037---) is c. 10m to the S.
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
References
Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1953 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. IX: county of Wexford. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.
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.