Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross - High cross (present location)
Ferns Demesne, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ferns Demesne
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59049, -6.49989
- SMR number
- WX015-003036-
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 2019 a fragment of a granite high cross came to light in the graveyard (WX015-003008-), but its dimensions (0.32m x 23.5m; L 0.51m) indicate that it is not part of any of the other five crosses already known. It has a fret design on one large face with interlace on the other while the narrow panels are decorated with key patterns. Its fret designs are similar to those on the shaft of the cross known as Diarmaid Mac Murchadha’s cross (WX015-003013-) and other parallels suggest a ninth century date for both. For safe-keeping it is now kept at the castle. (Kelly and Corlett 2020)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 18 Novmeber 2020
References
Kelly, B. and Corlett, C. 2020 The Fretful Cross of Ferns. Archaeology Ireland, 132, vol. 34, No. 2, 39-42.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - Anglo-Norman masonry castleunder 1 mi
- Castle - ringworkunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.