What is recorded here

Smarmore church walls still hold punched limestone jambs and diagonal-traced mullions taken from another building. Those marks suggest a craftsman who understood light, shadow and pressure before ever touching a new wall. The fragment does not name its lost source, but it preserves the confidence of that unknown hand.

The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Several pieces of dressed stone are placed on the walls of the church (LH017-084001-), including window jambs of punch-dressed limestone, window tracery with diagonal tooling, and various pieces of window mullions.

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