Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Kilscoran, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilscoran
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Site of R.C. Chapel
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24115, -6.37789
- SMR number
- WX048-015----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
Synnott writing c. 1680 lists a chapel dedicated to St. Bridget at Kilscoran (Hore 1862, 68; 1921, 59). This is the church described as 'Site of R.C. Chapel' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6 inch map. It is situated on a slight E-facing slope. This is an oval grass-covered area (dims. 25m N-S; 13m E- W) defined by a road and field bank at E, N-S, and slight bank or scarp (H 0.3-1m) S-N. There is no evidence of a structure or of burial.
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: 8 January 2015
References
Hore, P.H. 1921 The barony of Forth, Part 2. The Past 2, 38-99.
Hore, H. F. 1862 Particulars relative to Wexford and the barony of Forth: by Colonel Solomon Richards, 1682. Journal of teh Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 7, 84-92.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.