Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Tomb - chest tomb
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
- 52.54399, -7.38968
- SMR number
- KK026-010075-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lying loose within the chancel of St Mary’s medieval parish church (KK026-010012-) Callan. Portion of a decorated limestone slab (L 0.3m; H 0.52m; T 0.15m) which has been broken and partially recut. The portion that survives is possibly part of a decorative band along the top of a front panel of a chest tomb. There is a plain border (Wth 0.1m) above the possible band which is decorated in false relief with a bird with one wing raised. Below the bird there are fragments of blind tracery in relief. Another similar fragment (KK026-010076-) may be from the same monument.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 27 November 2019
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