Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- St Michaels Church (in Ruijns)
- Coordinates
- 52.26064, -6.40959
- SMR number
- WX048-004001-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
The parish church of St Michael is situated on a level, low-lying landscape, with the S shore of the original South Wexford harbour c. 600m to the N. The church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 9m E-W; 5.8m N-S) defined by grass covered mounds with an entrance (Wth 1.3m) at W. This might be the chancel of a church with the nave removed. It is within a circular graveyard (diam. c. 30m) defined by an overgrown earthen bank (Wth 2.6-2.8m; int. H 0.4-0.7m; ext. H 1.45-2.2m), with a few late 19th century headstones inside the perimeter at S. The site of St Michael's Well, where patterns were held on 29th September (O'Flanagan 1933, vol. 1, 278-9) is c. 40m to the SE.
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: 6 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.