Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone
Killabeg, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killabeg
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stone
- Coordinates
- 52.54785, -6.54032
- SMR number
- WX020-002001-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located towards the bottom of a W-facing slope in the valley of the NE-SW River Bann with the stream c. 100m to the W and c. 600m from its confluence with the NW-SE River Slaney. It is oriented NW–SE with a rectangular cross-section (dims. 0.75m x 0.57m; H 1.9m). It is suggested that it had an ogham inscription and that a cross was incised on one face (Macalister 1945, vol. 1, 49–50), but this cannot be confirmed. The mound barrow (WX020-002002-) is c. 10m to the E, and the flat cemetery (WX020-001----) is c. 300m to the NW on the other side of the River Bann.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 31 May, 2012
References
Macalister, R.A.S. 1945 Corpus inscriptionum insularum celticarum. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Flat cemeteryunder 1 mi
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Pit-burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.