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Church

Houseland, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Houseland, 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
Houseland
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of R.C. Chapel
Latest-edition OS map
Church (in Ruins)
Coordinates
52.16575, -6.88278
SMR number
WX049-012001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a slight S-facing slope. This is a possible Catholic church marked faintly as a rectangular feature (dims c. 10m x c. 10m) and described in italic lettering as the 'Site of R.C. Chapel' on the 1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. On a map of 1771 it is in an area called Heuclus, which could be a corruption of the Gaelic Eaglis – meaning a church (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 349-50). The foundations were visible c. 1900 (ibid. vol. 4, 345-6) but there are no visible remains now of a structure, enclosure or burials at ground level in pasture. The site of St Helen's Well (WX049-012002-) is nearby.

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.

Date of upload/revision: 4 February 2014
Amended: 28 March, 2014

References

Hore, P.H. 1900-1911 (Reprint 1979) History of the town and county of Wexford, 6 vols. Dublin. Published by arrangement with W.A. Hennessy Esq.

Nearby in the register

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

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