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Church

Bush (Forth By., Rosslare ED), County Wexford, Ireland

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

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · 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

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

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

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