Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross
Ferns Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Stone Cross
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59049, -6.49257
- SMR number
- WX015-003011-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
The heads of two granite crosses were incorporated in the NW graveyard wall and another was in the graveyard (Anon. 1909-10). They are now re-erected W, NW and N of the Cathedral, although the bases might always have been in their present positions. They consist of the bases and heads of plain ringed crosses with mouldings on the edges. The head of the N cross (Wth 1.53m; H 1.4m; T 0.23m) is narrower than the others. (Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 89)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
References
Anon. 1909-10 78th annual report of the Office of Public Works. Unpublished report.
Harbison, P. 1992 The high crosses of Ireland: an iconographical and photographic survey, 3 vols. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy. Bonn. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH.
Nearby in the register
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.