Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Chapel
Castletown (forth By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castletown (forth By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Chapel (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.18388, -6.37388
- SMR number
- WX053-028----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This is an estate chapel of Castletown tower house (WX053-027----) c. 165m to the NW. Synnott writing c. 1680 lists a chapel at Castletown (Hore 1862, 69; 1921, 60) and the site is described as a 'Chapel in ruins' on the1839 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. This is a rectangular structure (ext. dims. 8.5m E-W; 4.5m N-S) defined by the base of the walls (max. H c. 1.2m). There are no distinguishing features, and there is no evidence of an enclosure or 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: 21 March, 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.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.