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
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Shaft of Cross
- Coordinates
- 52.58979, -6.49280
- SMR number
- WX015-003013-
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
In the graveyard (WX015-003008-) and S of the cathedral (WX015-003003-) is the base (dims. 1.4m x 1.15m) of a cross supporting the bottom of a shaft (dims. 0.57m x 0.34m; H 0.95m) decorated in fret-pattern. (Anon. 1909-10, 6-7; Harbison 1992, vol. 1, 89)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
References
Harbison, P. 1992 The high crosses of Ireland: an iconographical and photographic survey, 3 vols. Dublin. Royal Irish Academy. Bonn. Dr. Rudolf Habelt GMBH.
Anon. 1909-10 78th annual report of the Office of Public Works. Unpublished report.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.