Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross
Raheenaclonagh, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Raheenaclonagh
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.37551, -6.77474
- SMR number
- WX035-097002-
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
Situated on a NE-facing slope on the NE-SW spine of Carrickbyrne Hill, and accessed from the NW-SE road to the NE by a gap (Wth c. 1.2m) between upright stones (dims. 0.6m x 0.1-0.3m; H 1.05m). The area had been known locally to have a mass-rock (WX035-097001-) but was overgrown until 2000 AD when the owner and others cleared it(http://www.newbawnns.info/ringsofred/churches.htm accessed on 30-10-2012), and a granite cross (H 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.15m at the base to 1cm at the top), crudely designed as arcs connecting the extremities (Wth 0.17-0.21m), was discovered c. 5m to the SW of the mass-rock. Mass is said annually at the mass-rock around the August holiday week-end. A building at the roadside (WX035-097003-) is regarded locally as a hedge-school and was conserved at the same time.
See the attached images of the cross
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 31 October, 2012
Nearby in the register
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.