What is recorded here

Site of Church is a church in Kilmeadan, County Waterford, Ireland. The Dawn River flows about 200 metres west of the east-side valley, where a subrectangular graveyard measuring about 75 metres north-south and 40 metres east-west holds masonry walls. The present Church of Ireland building occupies the site of an older church, part of which survived until about 1850 before ceasing to be visible at ground level.

Situated on the E side of the S-N valley of the Dawn River with the river c. 200m to the W. The parish church of Kilmeadan, described as roofless in 1615 (Power 1913, 116) is within a subrectangular graveyard (dims. c. 75m N-S; c. 40m E-W) defined by masonry walls. The present C of I church is built on the site of an older church, part of which survived until c. 1850 (Atkins 1895, 35-6), but it is not now visible at ground level. Archaeological testing (99E0164) c. 150m to the W failed to produce any related material (Moore, 2000). (Power 1895b, 170-1) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 24th May, 2011.

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