What is recorded here

Twenty-six red sandstone fragments lie scattered across the west gable of Annagh Church, including window ingoings and a broken stoup half-buried in the southwest corner. They are not ruins in the dramatic sense but displaced bones of a building that once stood complete, now waiting for someone to remember how they fit. The church was rebuilt partially, yet these stones remain loose, as if the structure still breathes and sheds its own skin.

Annagh Church and graveyard survey commissioned by Kerry Co. Co. which was carried out in 2008 recorded the following details about a possible broken stoup; 'There were at least twenty six ex-situ architectural fragments noted of which twenty four are currently lying loose on or partially inserted into the partially rebuilt west gable of the medieval church [KE038-003001-] . All of the fragments are dressed structural masonry executed in local red sandstone. Several are quite large and would be difficult to remove, however, others are small and could easily be removed. Several comprise the splayed ingoings of a window embrasure as well as at least one complete sill stone. A broken stoup was also noted partially set within the reduced fabric at the extreme southwest angle of the church (Buckley and Dunne 2008, 9). See attached photograph provided courtesy of Eachtra Archaeology. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided in Eachtra Archaeological Report Date of upload: 28 January 2022

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