Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- New Ross
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.39637, -6.94075
- SMR number
- WX029-013026-
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
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: 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
From: O’Mahony, A. (1987, 9, h) In a window in the E wall of the N transept are the remains of a wedge-shaped slab (L 0.9m). Only the upper half remains. It shows a cross with fleur-de-lis ends and above this is the head of a man resting on a cushion. His hair curls above his ears. The face is considerably worn. Beneath the left arm of the cross are the remains of an inscription in Lombardic lettering: +WIL...and beneath DOV: Date: 13th century. (Hunt 1974, vol. 1, 238, No. 265)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 2 August, 2012
References
O'Mahony, A. 1982 The economic geography of Dripsey Woollen Mills. Unpublished BA dissertation, University College, Cork.
Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press.
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