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Cross-slab

Ferns Upper, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab, Ferns Upper, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ferns Upper
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.58960, -6.49294
SMR number
WX015-003030-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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The National Monuments Service's description

A fragment of a decorated stone (dims 0.97m x 0.17-0.43m; T 0.12m) tapering from top to bottom was identified in the graveyard (WX015-003008-) of the Cathedral in 2013. It has an incised stem terminating in an incised circle that encloses a marigold in false relief. It's origin may have been as a cross-slab in the 1st millennium (Corlett 2011). It was re-used as a grave-marker when a lightly-incised cross opposite the stem was added, probably in the 18th or 19th century.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 18 June, 2013

References

Corlett, C. 2011 A previously unrecorded cross-slab from Ferns, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 141, 199-200.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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