Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Rathmacknee Great, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathmacknee Great
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.26890, -6.49063
- SMR number
- WX042-029009-
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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
In the graveyard (WX042-029006-) of Rathmacknee church there is a trapezoidal limestone graveslab (dims 1.92m x 0.33-0.56m; H 0.21-0.5m) with a chamfered edge. It has a cross in relief that has a knop below the crux and fleur-de-lys terminals. It also has a secondary inscription commemorating a George Walsh who died in 1757. (FitzGerald 1903, 497)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 16 August, 2013
References
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1903 Rathmacknee parish and churchyard. Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the Dead in Ireland 5, 496-8.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.