Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Memorial stone (present location)
Baldwinstown, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Baldwinstown
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.23677, -6.58014
- SMR number
- WX047-022003-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
A memorial stone (dims c. 0.6m x c. 0.45m) commemorating the building of the house at Ballyconnor Big (WX048-033004-) by Dionisius Stafford and his wife Katerina Synnott in 1570 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 5, 137) was removed from a position over the door of that house c. 1860. It was kept at Ballyconnor until it was moved to Baldwinstown Castle in 1937 (Brown 1937). A shield on the stone depicts a swan chained at the neck and by one foot. The chained and crowned swan is the ancient emblem of Buckinghamshire in England, but no connection with this county can be established. See this web-page accessed on 20 February, 2014 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Buckinghamshire The stone was not noticed at Baldwinstown.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 11 October, 2013
References
Browne, K. 1937 Sixteenth century stone at Ballyconnor, Co. Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Anitquaries of Ireland vol. 67, 298-9.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.