What is recorded here
More than forty carved stones from Inchcleraun now sit locked inside the sacristy of Templemore Augustinian Priory, waiting for someone to remember which arch they once belonged to. They are not display pieces but rescued fragments, some marked with red paint or diagonal tooling, pulled from ruin and kept alive in darkness. The chamber holds a small forgotten church in broken pieces, preserving the shape of hands that built it long before the field changed.
Over 40 carved loose stones recorded from Inchcleraun (LF021-048----) that are listed in the OPW Carved Stone Inventory which are now housed in the locked sacristy of Templemore Augustinian Priory (LF021-048004-). 5 carved stones are now located in the OPW depot at Athenry, Co. Galway. Another sandstone slab which may be part of a tomb is now located in the National Museum of Ireland (NMI Reg. No. 19333:597; HAB:C8:24).
Carved Stone Inventory Archive Box No. CSI0027; Archive Folder No. CSI/0027/0003.
Fragments include the following carved stones.
Stone ID No. 2876 represents a plain sandstone voussoir (H 0.31m x Wth 0.25m x D 0.4m) with diagonal tooling visible
Stone ID No. 2880 represents a sandstone voussoir (H 0.23m x Wth 0.26m x D 0.33m) with frontal chevron ornament. Chevron motif comprises broad band flanked by 2 thinner bands with incised lines on soffit. Some diagonal tooling on dressed face.
Stone ID No. 2883 represents a sandstone jamb (H 0.28m x Wth 0.29m x D 0.37m) with angle roll flanked by beading projecting rectangular section on front face flanked by beading.
Stone ID No. 2887 represents a sandstone voussoir (H 0.7m x Wth 0.28m x D 0.34m) with angle roll flanked by beading.
Stone ID No. 2889 represents a sandstone voussoir (H 0.38m x Wth 0.29m x D 0.27m) with plain angle roll.
Stone ID No. 2891 represents a jambstone (H 0.64m x Wth 0.9m x D 0.3m) with with double quadrant mouldings on angle.
Stone ID No. 2893 represents a badly broken squared piece of sandstone with circular depression, possibly a basin (H 0.2m x Wth 0.32m x D 0.37m).
Stone ID No. 2894 represents a limestone jamb (H 0.17m x Wth 0.46m x D 0.27m) with 3/4 roll moulding on the angle flanked by keels.
Stone ID No. 2896 represents a sandstone voussoir (H 0.33m x Wth 0.36m x D 0.23m) carved on face and soffit with two bands of lateral centrifugal chevrons.
Stone ID No. 2898 represents a limestone impost (H 0.14m x Wth 0.28m x D 0.26m) with hollow half roll.
Stone ID No. 2899 represents an ashlar stone (H 0.12m x Wth 0.28m x D 0.34m) with diagonal tooling. Stone number 000038 has traces of red paint.
Stone ID No. 2905 represents a limestone jamb (H 0.2m x Wth 0.33m x D 0.1m) with 1/2 ogee curve.
Stone ID No. 2906 represents a plain limestone window sill (H 0.14m x Wth 0.47m x D 0.24m) to receive chamfered mullions. Some punch dressing.
Stone ID No. 2909 represents a sandstone jamb (H 0.19m x Wth 0.35m x D 0.19m) with double chamfered arris.
Stone ID No. 2911 represents a limestone keystone (H 0.18m x Wth 0.4m x D 0.21m) of a pointed arch moulded with half roll and fillet and chamfered. Punch dressing.
Stone ID No. 2914 represents a thin sandstone voussoir (H 0.12m x Wth 0.42m x D 0.32m) with chamfered arris.
Stone ID No. 2915 represents a damaged limestone voussoir (H 0.18m x Wth 0.13m x D 0.15m) with partial remains of hollow roll mouldings.
Stone ID No. 2916 represents a broken limestone column or shaft (H 0.13m x Wth 0.11m x D 0.08m) has traces of red pigment. Diagonal tooling on bonding faces.
Stone ID No. 2917 represents a sandstone voussoir (H 0.2m x Wth 0.35m x D 0.3m) probably section of trefoil with chamfer diagonal tooling.
Stone ID No. 2918 represents a section of a limestone impost (H 0.8m x Wth 0.9m x D 0.2m) with double quadrant moulding.
Stone ID No. 2919 represents a limestone window sill (H 0.13m x Wth 0.61m x D 0.25m) to receive chamfered mullions with central square rebate for glazing bar. Vertical tooling.
Stone ID No. 2920 represents a limestone voussoir (H 0.61m x Wth 0.22m x D 0.18m) with square section.
Stone ID No. 2921 represents a limestone voussoir (H 0.33m x Wth 0.28m x D 0.2m) moulded with roll hollow and beak moulding.
Stone ID No. 2946 represents a limestone tracery bar (H 0.32m x Wth 0.38m x D 0.23m) - cusped tracery with glazing grooves.
Stone ID No. 2949 represents a sandstone capital (H 0.26m x Wth 0.23m x D 0.28m) with upper square section and lower circular section. Transition between the two marked by 2 confronted quadrapeds with snouts meeting at angle.
Stone ID No. 2950 represents a fragment of a limestone window sill (H 0.23m x Wth 0.67m x D 0.29m) to receive chamfered mullion. Somewhat splayed on interior.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 20 February 2023
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- What survives
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