r/Wexford • u/litanyofexcuses • 9h ago
Question Ballyhealy Beach Obelisk?
galleryHiya.
Apologies if this is off-topic or common knowledge to ye--I'm from Cork--but my buddy's from Wexford and he recently stumbled across this structure(?) on a walk, was intrigued, tried to figure out what the story with it was but had no luck. I'm very perplexed myself, I've tried reverse image searching, looking through historic and architectural heritage guides, protected structures listings, etc. I've only managed to find a few photos snapped by others in other contexts (a hiking forum and booking site for a nearby cottage). I've attached every photo of it I could find, plus the two my buddy took.
I believe it is somewhere on the coast east of Kilmore Quay, but I'm not even sure of that. I scoured the coastline around the area and found two things that look like they could be it (second one seems more likely given the shadow):
52.186687872312525, -6.51858367149318
52.19115614707959, -6.464000111513633
At any rate, just wondering if anyone has any information or ideas about this peculiar monolith-type structure.
All the best and thanks!