Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Stone head
Cadamstown, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cadamstown
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12751, -7.65984
- SMR number
- OF037-013001-
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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
The stone sculptures consist of one carved head which was used as a corbel in the Romanesque Church of Letter (OF037-002001-) and the other is a Hood moulding terminal (OF037-013003-) with Hiberno-Romanesque decoration. Both of these pieces were inserted into the W gable of Cadamstown Church in the 19th-century. Recent replastering of the W gable revealed Early Christian cross inscribed slab (OF037-013002-).
Cross referenced with OF037-002005.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slab (present location)under 1 mi
- Architectural fragmentunder 1 mi
- Inauguration stone (present location)under 1 mi
- Millstone quarryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.