Survey Data
Reg No
15702410
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Historical, Scientific, Social
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1740 - 1980
Coordinates
284088, 134359
Date Recorded
10/12/2007
Date Updated
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Description
Graveyard with collection of lichen-spotted markers, ob. 1740-1980. Closed, 1876. Set in unkempt grounds with benchmark-inscribed lichen-spotted cut-granite monolithic piers to perimeter supporting flat iron "farm gate".
Appraisal
A graveyard representing an important component of the ecclesiastical heritage of County Wexford [SMR WX024-045002-] with a collection of markers signed by Miles Brien (----) of Rathduff exemplifying the Irish Churchyard Sculpture tradition in County Wexford (Longfield 1974, 2). NOTE: Allegedly the burial place of Robert Shapland Carew (1752-1829); Anne Carew (née Pigott) (1758-1813); Frances Carew (1820-1 in infancy); and Anthony Cliffe Carew (1821 in infancy) of Castleboro House (cf. 15702510).