Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Kildavin Lower, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kildavin Lower
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.29108, -6.52113
- SMR number
- WX042-015002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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
Located in the valley of a small NW-SE stream on the S bank. The parish church of Kildavin (WX042-015001-) is within an overgrown subcircular graveyard (dims 41m E-W; 33m N-S) defined by a masonry wall. The font (WX042-015003-) is within the nave of the church.
Archaeological testing (07E0821) c. 45m to the S produced no related material (Dehaene 2010).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 29 May, 2013
Amended: 21 January, 2014
References
Dehaene, G. 2010 Murntown Lower. In I. Bennett (ed.), Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 459, No. 1971. Dublin. Wordwell.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.