Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Headstone
Threemilewater, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Threemilewater
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.92445, -6.04101
- SMR number
- WI031-020002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
To the W of the church (WI031-020001-) is a rectangular stone block (present H 0.51m; Wth 0.31m; T 0.21m). The only uncut face has the inscription 'RCAC 1690' while the letter 'B' is deeply inscribed on the top. According to the OS Letters (O'Flanagan Typescript 1927, 124), it is/was ' … standing at the head of an old grave'.
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: 12 July 2013
References
O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1928 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Wicklow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.