The Three Rocks Monument
The Three Rocks Monument is a monument in County Wexford, Leinster. The Three Rocks Monument is situated nearby to the community center Barntown Community Centre, as well as near Saint Alphonsus‘ Church.Photo: Simes69, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Monument
- Description: monument in County Wexford, Ireland
- Also known as: “Three Rocks 1798 Monument”
- Inscription: “In Memory of the Gallant Insurgents who triumphed over English Forces on this hillside 30th May,1798. Erected by the People 1952”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barntown Castle and Irish National Heritage Park.
Barntown Castle
Ruins
Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barntown Castle is a tower house near Wexford town in Ireland. It is about 5 kilometres west of the centre of Wexford town, on the main Wexford to New Ross road. Barntown Castle is situated 1 km northeast of The Three Rocks Monument.
Irish National Heritage Park
Photo: Albolandwex, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Irish National Heritage Park is an open-air museum near Wexford, Ireland, which tells the story of human settlement in Ireland from the Mesolithic period up to the Norman Invasion in 1169. Irish National Heritage Park is situated 2½ km northeast of The Three Rocks Monument.
Wexford Racecourse
Sports venue
Wexford Racecourse is a horse racing venue in the town of Wexford, Ireland which stages National Hunt racing. The earliest record of racing in the area is in the 1870s. Wexford Racecourse is situated 3½ km east of The Three Rocks Monument.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barntown and Murrintown.
Barntown
Village
Photo: David Hawgood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barntown is a townland and village in County Wexford, Ireland, located just outside the town of Wexford. As of the 2022 census, Barntown had a population of 505 people.
Murrintown
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Murrintown, also spelled Murntown, is a small village in the southeast of County Wexford, Ireland, close to Wexford town. It is part of the ecclesiastical parish of Piercestown and lies in the civil parish of Kildavin. Murrintown is situated 5 km south of The Three Rocks Monument.
Wexford
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wexford is the county town of County Wexford, on the southeast corner of Ireland. The bay that forms its harbour has for centuries drawn incomers, and it was at the centre of the rebellion of 1798. In 2022 it had a population of 21,500.
The Three Rocks Monument
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.3314° or 52° 19′ 53″ northLongitude
-6.54428° or 6° 32′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C4M8FJ4+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 8461028240OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q55048675
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Barntown Community Centre and Saint Alphonsus‘ Church.
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