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Stone row

Whitechurch, County Wexford, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stone row, Whitechurch, County Wexford, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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 Amsterdam

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  • 1911 · Sheet 14, 1911 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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