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Architectural fragment

Callan South, County Kilkenny, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Architectural fragment, Callan South, County Kilkenny, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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