Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cross-inscribed stone
Killillane, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killillane
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.22829, -6.32475
- SMR number
- WX048-037003-
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 1811 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located just outside the W doorway of St. Helen’s church (WX048-037001-). According to an account of 1907 there was a granite stone 'seven feet by two and a half feet by 10 inches thick' (c. 2.15m x 0.75m; T c. 0.25m) with a small, irregular cross 'three inches long' (dim. c. 8cm) inscribed at its centre that was known as the goose's foot (Hore 1949, 45), which is not evident now.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 9 January, 2014
References
Hore, P.H. 1949 The barony of Forth. Part IV. The Past 5, 13-59.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy/saint's stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.