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Sarcophagus

Bannow, County Wexford, Ireland

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Townland
Bannow
County
Wexford
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.21068, -6.79410
SMR number
WX045-045008-

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David 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

Two graveslabs and a sarcophagus are at the SE angle of the nave of Bannow church (WX045-045001-). The sarcophagus (Wth 0.45-0.74m; H c. 0.35m; L 2.04m) has a single drain-hole. The nearby graveslab with no inscription (WX045-045006-) may have been the cover for this coffin. (Bradley 1988, 79)

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 22 July, 2013

Bradley, J. 1988 Anglo-Norman Sacrophagi in Ireland. In G.M. Niocaill and P.F. Wallace (eds), Keimelia: studies in medieval history and archaeology in memory of Tom Delaney, 74-94. Galway University Press.

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

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