Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - effigial
Ferns Upper, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Upper
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59000, -6.49280
- SMR number
- WX015-003015-
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).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Within the present St Edan's cathedral (WX015-003003-) is the effigy of a bishop (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 237–8), who might be Bishop John St. John (1224-1253) (McFall 1954, 7-9) or Adam de Northampton who died in 1346 (Ffrench 1904-06; Hore 1910, 300).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 30 April, 2012
References
Hore, P. H. 1910 Ferns, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 40, 297-315.
Ffrench, Rev. J.F.M. 1904-6 Cathedral church of St. Mogue, Ferns. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland, vol. 6, 611.
Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.
McFall, Rev. T.H.C. 1954 An account of the history of Ferns Cathedral Church. Privately published, Dublin.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cathedralunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
- Cross - High crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.