S8412 : The abandoned town of Clonmines, Wexford (1)

taken 12 years ago, near to Wellingtonbridge, Co Wexford, Ireland

The abandoned town of Clonmines, Wexford (1)
The abandoned town of Clonmines, Wexford (1)
These are a remarkable group of buildings that is all that survives of the old medieval town of Clonmines, abandoned in the C17 when erosion and shifting sands blocked the port and threatened the town. They form a complex comprising an Augustinian friary fortified to the north with the addition of a bawn wall whose wall-walk is connected to the upper levels of a tall tower. Adjoining the west wall of the nave is a south facing gatehouse having a groove for a portcullis. Other buildings include the gable end of a Jacobean house, a C15 tower house called Black Castle, a ruined church, and an embattled building once also a church, but more accurately described as an ecclesiastical court house. In the photo from left to right can be seen the Augustinian friary with its bawn wall, gatehouse and adjoining tower, the Jacobean house gable, and the tower house, Black Castle.

S8412 : The abandoned town of Clonmines, Wexford (2)
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Date Taken
Saturday, 30 June, 2012   (more nearby)
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Friday, 13 July, 2012
Geographical Context
Historic sites and artefacts  Religious sites  People, Events  Burial ground, Crematorium 
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! S 8444 1282 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:15.6648N 6:45.8421W
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Irish: geotagged! S 8465 1345
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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