Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross (present location)
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Enniscorthy
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.50145, -6.56715
- SMR number
- WX020-031011-
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
A Latin cross (H 1.24m; Wth of arms 0.4m) from Raheenlusk townland (WX022-008----) is now in the County Wexford Museum at Enniscorthy castle (WX020-031003-). It has an incised circle with a cross in relief at the crux and a Latin cross in relief above it on one face. The other face has an inscribed circle with a marigold at the crux and there are parallel incised lines running down the stem. (Ranson 1945, 53; 1948, 101-02)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 May, 2012
References
Ranson, Rev. J. 1945 Some unrecorded Wexford antiquities. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 75, 53-5.
Ranson, Rev. J. 1948 Ancient crosses in the barony of Ballaghkeen. The Past, vol. 4, 97-107.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Cross (present location)under 1 mi
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Ogham stone (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.