Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Sarcophagus
Wexford, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Wexford
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.34134, -6.46604
- SMR number
- WX037-032030-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In the SW corner of the S nave at St. Selskar’s church (WX037-032009-) is a sarcophagus (ext. dims 2.2m; Wth 0.36-0.68m; H 0.3m) in Dundry stone. (Bradley 1988, 90)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 December, 2012
References
Bradley, J. 1988 Anglo-Norman Sacrophagi in Ireland. In G.M. Niocaill and P.F. Wallace (eds), Keimelia: studies in medieval history and archaeology in memory of Tom Delaney, 74-94. Galway University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Memorial stoneunder 1 mi
- Armorial plaqueunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.