Clonmines

Ruins of the medieval Clonmines town as seen from Bannow bay

Clonmines is a civil parish and townland in the Bannow Bay area of County Wexford,[1] Ireland, the site of "the finest example in Ireland of a deserted medieval borough".[2] It is situated in the barony of Shelburne, southwest of Wellingtonbridge on the northwest shore of Bannow Bay.[3] The parish of Clonmines contains the townland of the same name and the smaller townland of Arklow,[4] with respective areas of 1,258 acres (509 ha) and 127 acres (51 ha).[5][6]

  1. ^ "Clonmines (civil parish)". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  2. ^ Colfer 2004, p. 77.
  3. ^ "Map centred on Clonmines Castle". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Townlands in Clonmines". Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Wexford". Categories of Disadvantaged Areas. Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Archived from the original (Microsoft Excel) on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Map of Clonmines parish and townlands". First-edition 6-inch Map. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 1830s. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2013.