Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-slab
Ardcavan, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ardcavan
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.35892, -6.43611
- SMR number
- WX038-006004-
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
A granite cross-slab (Wth 0.61m; H 0.5m plus; T 0.12m) with a narrow (Wth 8-8.5cm) latin cross (Span 0.49m) that has hollow angles within a frame is inside the graveyard (WX038-006002-) at E. The cross is incised on the E face with shallow lines (Wth 1-1.2cm), and it was recorded by Chris Corlett (2018).
See the attached image courtesy of Chris Corlett
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 10 October, 2018
References
Corlett, C. 2018 Previously Unrecorded Cross slab at Ardcavan, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, vol. 148, 142-3.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.