Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone trough
Ballyhack, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyhack
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24261, -6.96124
- SMR number
- WX044-018003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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
Inside the gate of the graveyard (WX044-018002-) is a granite trough (ext. dims 1m x 0.63m; H 0.25m; int. dims 0.82m x 0.44m; D 0.16m) which is coffin-shaped and child-sized, and might have been closed by the stone effigy (WX44-033002-) now in Arthurstown village c. 500m to the E. Unlike most sarcophagi it does not have drain-holes.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 September 2020
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Millstone quarryunder 1 mi
- Tomb - effigialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.