Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Ballyknockan (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyknockan (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10669, -6.49637
- SMR number
- WI010-052----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated at the edge of a roadway. A boulder (dims. 1.45m x 1m) inscribed on the front face with 'IHS' and a cross above the 'H'. Other incised marks occur on the flat upper surface. (O'Reilly 1995)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.