Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a level landscape. This is probably a Catholic church listed by Synnott c. 1680 (Hore 1862, 68; 1921, 60) as a chapel dedicated to St George. The foundations of a rectangular structure (ext. dims 9m E-W; 4m N-S) are within a subrectangular grass-covered area with some trees (dims. 29m E-W; 12m N-S) defined by a straight road bank at W, a curved field bank and townland boundary with Ballydungan townland and Kilscoran parish at N, and a low bank (Wth 1 2m; H 0.3-0.5m) at S. There are no indications of burial, so the church may have been a chapel-of-ease to the parish churches of Kilscoran (WX048-014001-) c. 1.6km to the N and St. Iberius (WX048-045001-) c. 1.3km to the S.

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 2014

References

Hore, P.H. 1921 The barony of Forth, Part 2. The Past 2, 38-99.

Hore, H. F. 1862 An account of the barony of Forth, in the county of Wexford, writtten at the close of the seventeenth century. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 7, 53-84.