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Kilscoran, County Wexford, Ireland

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

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

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

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