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Sarcophagus

New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Sarcophagus, New Ross, 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
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-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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

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

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

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