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Cross-inscribed stone (present location)

Cappagh (Decies without Drum By.), County Waterford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-inscribed stone (present location), Cappagh, County Waterford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Cappagh (Decies without Drum By.)
County
Waterford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Altar Stone
Coordinates
52.12137, -7.73588
SMR number
WA030-006003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located in mixed woodland on the floor of the Cappagh valley. The cross-inscribed stone, possibly an altar stone, from Knockmaon church (WA030-042001-) is now outside the E wall of the bawn (WA030-006002-) attached to Cappagh tower house (WA030-006001-) (Power 1918a, 90). It is a granite block (min. dims. 2.25m x 0.7m; T 0.25m) with a ringed-cross in relief at the centre of one side. (Redmond 1895, 262; O'Connell-Redmond 1918-19, 102)

O'Connell-Redmond, G. (1918) The castles of north-east Cork and near its borders. JCHAS 24, 1-6, 62-6, 93-103, 145-51.
Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219.
Redmond, G. (1885-6a) Notes on the history, antiquities, archaeoloical remains and legends connected with the western end of the county Waterford, JRSAI, 17, 394-405.

Date of upload/revision: 11th August, 2011. Compiled by: Michael Moore.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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