Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Brideswell Big, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Brideswell Big
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.68502, -6.46336
- SMR number
- WX005-018----
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
Situated on the floor of the W-E Mine River, c. 270m S of the river. This is a granite stone with a trapezoidal cross-section (dims. 0.7m x 0.25-0.5m; H 1.35m) and a pointed top oriented NE-SW.
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 29 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Moated siteunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.