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Ballina Lower (Ballaghkeen By., Castle Ellis ED), County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cross, Ballina Lower, 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
Ballina Lower (Ballaghkeen By., Castle Ellis ED)
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Stone Crosses
Coordinates
52.42414, -6.35626
SMR number
WX033-009001-

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1811 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1811 · 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

Marked only on the 1925 ed. of the OS 6-inch map where it is described in italic script as 'Stone Crosses'. Two plain Latin crosses and the shaft of a third are situated on a rise in a low-lying landscape and on the E side of the N-S R742 road. They are probably 18th century in date. The most northerly cross is granite (H 0.34m; Wth 0.34m; T 0.16m) and has a shaft 0.2m wide. (Ranson 1948, 98-9)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007

Two plain Latin crosses in granite and shaft of a third standing by roadside. Probably eighteenth century in date.

References

Ranson, Rev. J. 1948 Ancient crosses in the barony of Ballaghkeen. The Past, vol. 4, 97-107.

Nearby in the register

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

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