What is recorded here
Built into the top of the inner (E) face of the sea-wall at Arthurstown, which was built c. 1800. A rectangular stone (H 0.35m; Wth 0.33m) has a worn face in relief. A second stone (WX044-033002-) is c. 100m W along the sea-wall. Both stones may have come from Ballyhack church site (WX044-018001-) on the cliff-top c. 500m to the W.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wexford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload/revision: 17 June, 2013
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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