Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone row
Whitechurch, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Whitechurch
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Standing Stones
- Coordinates
- 52.31743, -6.95738
- SMR number
- WX039-005----
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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
Located in a slight NE-SW valley with the summit of Slievecoiltia Hill c. 2.5km to the NE. Three granite stones are aligned NE-SW (L of row 6.5m) increasing in H from 1.2m at NE to 1.4m in the centre and 1.8m at SW. Each stone has a roughly pointed top and from the NE the stones are diamond-shaped (dims 1m x 0.35-0.5m; H 1.2m), subrectangular (dims 1.05-1.22m x 0.68-0.82m; H 1.4m) and rectangular (dims 1-1.05m x 0.45-0.5m; H 1.8m). From the NE they are placed 1.4m and 1.87m apart.. (Westropp 1918, 13-14; Ó Nualláin 1988, 241, No. 75)
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.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 29 January, 2013
References
Westropp, T.J. 1918 Five large earthworks in the barony of Shelbourne, Co. Wexford, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquries of Ireland, vol. 48, 1-18.
Ó Nualláin, S. 1988 Stone rows in the south of Ireland. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 88C, 179-256.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.