Church in Ballynure, County Wicklow

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What is recorded here

The top of a twin-light ogee-headed window in the graveyard of a Church of Ireland church is evidence of a possible medieval church at this location. The present church appears to be entirely modern. There are no early remains visible in the graveyard (WI020-028001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WI020-028

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