What is recorded here

Loose limestone fragments from lost wall and funerary monuments still clutter the chancel of St Mary’s parish church in Callan, including a block bearing the interlaced IHC and another cut with a raised lozenge on every exposed face. They may have stood together in some forgotten chapel, tomb or monument before breaking free and falling into churchyard time. Their sharp edges and worn tool marks suggest they were handled, moved and discarded rather than simply buried.

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

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