Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sarcophagus
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
- 52.39626, -6.94118
- SMR number
- WX029-013062-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located inside the porch of the present Church of Ireland church of St. Mary’s is a limestone sarcophagus in perfect condition with some quartz streaks in the stone and evidence of diagonal tooling. It is coffin-shaped (L 2.31m; Wth 0.61m at the feet to 0.76m at the shoulders; H 0.62m). The head area is circular (diam. 0.38m; D 0.37m) and raised from the floor and the body area (dims. 1.75m x 0.49-0.65m) has two soakage holes. This may be one of the two sarcophagi found in Priory St. in 1860 (Vigors 1901-03a, 130), the other being (WX029-013060-), now in the S transept. If they are from Priory St. they can be associated with the monastery of the Crutched Friars (WX029-013008-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 3 August, 2012
References
Vigors, P.D. 1901-3 New Ross: St. Mary's. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 5, 126-33.
Nearby in the register
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.