Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Bush (forth By., Rosslare Ed)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.26063, -6.40970
- SMR number
- WX048-004002-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
The parish church of St Michael (WX048-004001-) 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 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 (WX048-005----) is c. 40m to the SE.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 Jamuary, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 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.