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Cross-slab

Clone, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross-slab, Clone, 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
Clone
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.56800, -6.50429
SMR number
WX015-024----

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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

Located at the N edge of a plateau in the valley of a small E-W stream, which is c. 50m to the NE, and c. 40m SE of Clone church (WX013-023001-), with a fold in the land between the location and the church. It was described as being on a mound with the sundial (WX015-023004-) and perhaps other cross-slabs (Ffrench 1895). This is an upright slab (total H c. 1.02m; Wth 0.35m; T 0.26m) with an incised Maltese cross in a circle (diam. 0.29m) on one face. It was first described by Du Noyer (1864-6, 443) in this position when it was facing W, but it was moved to a position (WX015-023012-) in the graveyard (WX015-023002-) during the 1990s. At the moment it is temporarily in storage at the OPW depot in Kilkenny (see KK019-026410-).

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 23 August, 2018
Amended: 14 July 2022

References

Du Noyer, G. V. 1864-6 Early Irish and pre-Norman antiquities. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 9, 423-444.

Ffrench, Rev. J. F. M. 1895 Excursions in County Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 25, 403-11.

Nearby in the register

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

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