Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone sculpture (present location)
Laghtagoona, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laghtagoona
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94492, -9.06269
- SMR number
- CL017-116004-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1996). A curious carved jambstone found in the early 19th century among the ruins of Kilvoydan church (CL017-119002-). On one face is a fairly crude representation of the martyrdom of St. Sebastian. The face is much worn and the long wavy hair literally stands on end and reaches the very top of the stone. The hands are crossed and bound and the body is shot through with six arrows. The lower portion is carved with rich 15th-century foliage (Swinfen 1992, 89). The stone was removed to Corofin chapel and is now housed in the Heritage Centre in Corofin. Original location record CL017-119006-. (McNamara 1900, 29-30)
CL017-116004-_01.jpg attached.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 22 September 2014
References
MacNamara, G. 1900 The ancient stone crosses of Ui Fearmaic, Co. Clare. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 30, 22-33.
Swinfen, A. 1992 Forgotten stones: Ancient church sites of the Burren and environs. Dublin. Lilliput Press.
Nearby in the register
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Cross - Tau Cross (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.