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Graveyard

Churchtown (Shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Graveyard, Churchtown, 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
Churchtown (Shelburne By.)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Burial Grd.
Latest-edition OS map
Burial Gd.
Coordinates
52.13425, -6.92723
SMR number
WX054-009002-

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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

Located on the level landscape of the low-lying and narrow part (L c. 4.5km NE-SW; Wth c. 600m-1.5km NW-SE) of Hook peninsula. The site of St. Dubhán’s church and the parish church of Hook (WX054-009001-) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 40m NW-SE) defined by earthen banks with external stone-facing on all sides except the SE where a masonry wall with an internal bank borders a public road. The cross-inscribed slab (WX054-009003-) and the cross from St. Brecaun's church (WX054-003002-) are within the graveyard. Archaeological testing (04E1298) in two long trenches (L c. 100m) just to the N of the graveyard failed to produce any related material (Noonan 2004; excavations.ie 2007:1942).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 28 March, 2014
Amended: 30 November 2020

References

Noonan, D. 2004 Archaeological Assessment at Churchtown, Templetown, Co. Wexford. Licence: 04E1298. Unpublished report, Author

Nearby in the register

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

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