Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Ballina Lower (ballaghkeen By., Castle Ellis Ed), County Wexford, Ireland
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 AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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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
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.