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Stone head (present location)

Chambersland, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone head (present location), Chambersland, 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
Chambersland
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.39016, -6.93545
SMR number
WX029-044----

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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

Around 1980 a gateway on the W side of Barrack lane where this stone had been the centrepiece of the arch was taken down and the stone was moved to a house in Chambersland, off Wexford Street. When the road was being re-aligned c. 1995-2000 the opportunity was taken to secure the stone to a wall facing onto the road. The stone is a green stone in the shape of a corbel (dims 0.41m x 0.24m; T c. 0.1m) with a very rough finish, apart from what would have been the sloping underside of the corbel where a recessed panel has a head in relief. It is probably male with bulging eyes, a high forehead with long thick hair that curls over the ears. The stone is thought to have come from a church (OSFM) and it is certainly medieval.

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 9 September 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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