What is recorded here
Situated on the NE edge of a low ridge overlooking the Brittas river (to the E). This graveyard (WI001-022003-) is possibly the site of an Anglo-Norman parish church (WI001-022002-; Price 1953, 274). There is no visible trace of this church at ground level. Part of an enclosure (WI001-022001-) defined by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 1.8m), predating the eighteenth-century graveyard wall, survives on the E side. According to local tradition this is the original location of a font which is currently located outside St Brigid's Church c. 200m to the W (see WI001-046----) . In the W sector of the graveyard is an early graveslab (WI001-022005-) and a cross-slab (WI001-022006-) from this graveyard is in the National Museum of Ireland (Reg. No. 1970:189).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997), no. 837. In this instance the entrry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 19 November 2012
Possible Anglo-Norman parish church graveyard; significance lies in its potential ecclesiastical and historical association with early medieval settlement in the region.
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
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