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
- 52.54400, -7.38971
- SMR number
- KK026-010077-
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, at the W end of the S side of the chancel of St Mary’s medieval parish church (KK026-010012-), Callan. A decorated limestone slab (L 0.67m; H 0.65m; T 0.16m) which appears to be part of a chest tomb front panel. There is a plain border (Wth 0.035m) running along the top and bottom of the panel. The panel is decorated in false relief with three round-headed niches, separated by plain pillars. The soffit of each niche is filled with vine-leaves and the spandrels with a floral motif. There is a highly decorative horizontal panel above consisting of branches in full leaf, with a knotted band zig-zagging through it.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 3 December 2019
Nearby in the register
- Wall monumentunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Tomb - chest tombunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.