Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Inscribed stone
Portersgate, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Portersgate
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.15745, -6.89424
- SMR number
- WX049-016002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 small limestone plaque (Wth 0.53m; H 0.12m) is built into the wall of a nearby house at the gateway (WX049-016----) and, although damaged, has the incised inscription ‘Loftus Hall Esq 1680’. According to Walsh (1972, 7) this was part of an inscription that read in full ‘Henry Loftus of Loftus Hall, Esq. 1680’, which ran from one pier to the other. It might relate to a redevelopment of Redmond Hall (WX054-002----), c. 1.5km to the SW, that could have taken place c. 1700. (Hore 1900-11, vol. 4, 372; Colfer 1978, 52-3)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 5 January, 2014
References
Walsh, T. P. 1972 The history of Loftus Hall. Journal of the Wexford Historical Society, vol. 4, 3-12
Colfer, B. 1978 The promontory of Hook. Wexford, Author
Nearby in the register
- Gatewayunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Windmillunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.