Survey Data
Reg No
15702402
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1747 - 1960
Coordinates
277903, 135050
Date Recorded
10/12/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Graveyard with collection of cut-limestone markers, ob. 1747-1960. Set in unkempt grounds with part creeper- or ivy-covered piers to perimeter having cut-granite shallow pyramidal capping supporting spear head-detailed wrought iron double gates.
Appraisal
A graveyard representing an important component of the ecclesiastical heritage of County Wexford [SMR WX033002-] with a collection of markers signed by Miles Brien (----) of Rathduff exemplifying the Irish Churchyard Sculpture tradition in County Wexford (Longfield 1974, 2). NOTE: No upstanding evidence survives of Saint Peter's Church (Templeludigan) (1808) which was described (1837) as 'a small plain edifice commenced when the Board [of First Fruits (fl. 1711-1833)] gave £600 for its erection' (Lewis 1837 II, 617), however, the ghostly outline of a standardised nave-with-entrance tower plan form appears in the scorched grass during prolonged periods of drought.