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Described as a cross in gothic script on the 1839 ed of the OS 6-inch map, and as a Cross on the site of a Cross on the 1940 ed. It is located at the crest of a W-facing slope, and it is also in the fair green of the Irishtown of New Ross at a point where the ENE-WSW road widens (Wth c. 40m) and where fairs were held.…

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Described as a cross in gothic script on the 1839 ed of the OS 6-inch map, and as a Cross on the site of a Cross on the 1940 ed. It is located at the crest of a W-facing slope, and it is also in the fair green of the Irishtown of New Ross at a point where the ENE-WSW road widens (Wth c. 40m) and where fairs were held. It is also facing the entrance to Mountgarrett Lane which leads N to Mountgarrett tower house (WX013-009001-). It is probably one of the 'small crosses' of Ross recorded in 1621 (Hore 1900-11, vol. 1, 131, fn). The location was remembered in 1940 as a cairn with a single stone rising from the centre (OSFM). In 1880 the town Commissioners consolidated the cairn into a pyramid (dims 3.8m NNW-SSE; 3.5m ENE-WSW; H 2.2m) on a rectangular plinth (dims 4.5m NNW-SSE; 4.2m ENE-WSW; H 0.45-0.75m). It is now supporting a Celtic cross.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record WX029-013075

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