Building in Bewley, County Waterford

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What is recorded here

Situated on the floodplain of the S-N Finisk River, on the E bank with the river c. 20m to the W. This is reputedly a house of the Knights Templar (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 329), but there are no medieval sources. Attached to N of the church (WA029-024001-) is a rectangular walled enclosure (WA029-024004-), and but buildings within it were removed by 1898 (Power 1898a, 95). Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R. N. (1970) (reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses in Ireland. Irish Academic Press, Dublin. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WA029-024002

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