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Church

Shelbaggan, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Shelbaggan, 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
Shelbaggan
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Church (in ruins)
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
52.25673, -6.87219
SMR number
WX045-001001-

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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

This is an early ecclesiastical site marked as a rectangular building (dims c. 10m E-W; c. 7m N-S) within a small oval embanked enclosure (ext. dims c. 35m E-W; c. 25-30m N-S) on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described as a 'Church in ruins'. It is situated on a level landscape. There are no visible remains of a structure, enclosure or burial at ground level in pasture but traces of an enclosing element (diam. c. 30-40m) can be seen on vertical aerial photographs (GSIAP, S 197/198) dating from 1973, and a larger ecclesiastical enclosure (diam. c. 80-90m) can be seen on the OSI series of aerial photographs (1995). A granite bullaun stone (dims 0.7m x 0.64m; H 0.4m) with a single basin (dims 0.37-0.39m; D 0.19m) is embedded in the ground on the N side of an E-W field bank. St Agatha's Well (WX045-002----) is c. 200m to the SW.

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: 23 July 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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