Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Killag, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killag
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.20344, -6.59814
- SMR number
- WX051-003003-
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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
Located in the nave area of Killag parish church (WX051-003001-). Four stones from what was probably a wall memorial have recently been identified (Corlett 2015). An armorial stone (dims 0.71m x 0.41m) has two crests, one representing Walsh, and the other more complex crest includes elements of the Whitty and Deveraux crests. The stone is carved in shallow false relief with the date 1637 at the bottom and the initials 'I W' over the more complex crest. Two other stones could have provided supports and a fourth fragment (dims 0.7m x 0.5m) has some of the symbols of the Passion carved on it, including the ladder, pincers, the dice and the seamless robe.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 March, 2015
References
Corlett, C. 2015 Seventeenth-century Monument at Killag, Co. Wexford. Archaeology Ireland, 29, 1, No. 111, 24-5.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Burial Vaultunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ring-ditchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.