Survey Data
Reg No
15616001
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1762 - 2006
Coordinates
271023, 110562
Date Recorded
14/06/2009
Date Updated
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Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1762-2006. Set in unkempt grounds with part creeper- or ivy-covered piers to perimeter having lichen-spotted shallow pyramidal capping supporting wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A cliff top graveyard representing an important component of the ecclesiastical heritage of south County Wexford [SMR WX044-018002-]. NOTE: A marker, whether by accident or design, records a Laurence Power (d. 1836) as having died at the advanced age of 170 (Cantwell 1984 VIII, n.p.).