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Situated at the bottom of a SE-facing slope with the South Slob of Wexford Harbour c. 700m to the E. This is the parish church of Kerloge. It is described by Synnott writing c. 1680 as a former convent of the Knights Templar (Hore 1862, 67). It may be site of St Aloch's Church mentioned in a charter of Henry II in 1172 (Cullen 1895, 375-6), but this is disputed by Hore (1900-11, vol. 4, 262-3; 1906, vol. 5, 84). St. Aloch's church is probably at Templetown (WX049-008001-) in Shelbourne (Culleton 1999, 128; Colfer 2002, 196). The foundation course of a wall (L 14.4m) oriented N-S is thought to be the remains of the church, but the graveyard has been removed. An altar from the church (WX037-032046-) has been re-erected outside the Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption in Wexford town. St James' Well (WX042-006003-) is c. 10m S of the church wall. Archaeological monitoring (21E0154) by Y. Whitty of the line of a water pipe on the road c. 60-100m distant W-N produced no related material (Whitty 2021).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 27 May, 2013
Amended: 4 August 2021
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