Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head (present location)
Chambersland, County Wexford, Ireland
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----
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
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
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.