Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Killillane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killillane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22836, -6.32470
- SMR number
- WX048-037002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
Located on a small triangular W-E promontory (dims c. 90m E-W; c. 70m N-S at W) with sea-cliffs on the N (H c. 2m) and SE (H c. 5m) sides. The parish church of St Helen’s (WX048-037001-) is within a rectangular graveyard (int. dims c. 70m ENE-WSW; 40m NNW-SSE) that has a dense cover of sea-grass and some blackthorn. It is bordered by a sunken N-S path (Wth c. 3m; max. D 1m) immediately W of the church, and is defined by a low bank (Wth 4m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) at S and a scarp (H 1.5m) at N, but only one headstone and a grave-marker are visible. St Helen's Well (WX048-036----) is c. 60m to the W.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 8 January, 2014
Nearby in the register
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.