2016:325 - St Dubhan's Church, Churchtown, Wexford

NMI Burial Excavation Records

County: Wexford Site name: St Dubhan's Church, Churchtown

Sites and Monuments Record No.: WX059-009 Licence number: E004655

Author: Catherine McLoughlin

Site type: Medieval church

Period/Dating:

ITM: E 673445m, N 598592m

Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 52.134306, -6.927168

Monitoring of conservation works was undertaken under ministerial consent. Clearance of debris and soil revealed a number of architectural fragments from the current phase of the church as well as from earlier phases. A heavily weathered stone with possible Romanesque decoration was also recovered, as well as a portion of a quernstone. The church is multi-phase with the remains of antae at the east end of the nave. The chancel was added later, and the church was also extended to the west.

Stafford McLoughlin Archaeology, Moonrise Farmhouse, Coolballow, Drinagh, Wexford.