Cross-inscribed stone in Killillane, County Wexford

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What is recorded here

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.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX048-037003

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