Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Architectural fragment
Callan South, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Callan South
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.54400, -7.38962
- SMR number
- KK026-010015-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lying loose in the chancel of St Mary’s parish church (KK026-010012-), Callan. There are a number of architectural fragments. Some of the fragments may be from wall monuments or funerary monuments, including a rectangular limestone block (H 0.57m; Wth 0.48m; T 0.19m) possibly portion of a wall monument decorated in false relief with an interlace monogram IHC; a rectangular limestone block (H 0.22m; Wth 0.24m; D 0.18m) possibly portion of a entablature from a wall monument, decorated with a raised lozenge on each of the three decorated sides; a small fragment (L 0.28m; H 0.18m; D 0.11m) possibly portion of a chest tomb panel decorated with the lower part of a flowing robe and to the left of it a column; a moulded plinth (L 0.85m; D 0.55m; H 0.2m); an engaged corbel with punch tooling (L 0.14m; Wth 0.15m; H 0.44m) projecting from a rectangular block of stone (D 0.44m; Wth 0.26m; H 0.44m); a fragment of tracery (H 0.22m; Wth 0.24m) and a pyramidal limestone piece (H 0.4m; Wth 0.3m) with punch tooling within plain margins.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 11 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.