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Architectural fragment in Tralee

Architectural fragment

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Yes. Concave mouldings, pick-dressed limestone and sandstone blocks, and rib-vault sections from a lost lierne ceiling lie in the garden beside the modern Dominican church in Tralee. They are presumably remains of the medieval Dominican friary, saved from demolition or decay only because someone judged them worth keeping. What is missing is easier to imagine than the parts still visible: a tall room, shadowed arches, and people moving through space that no longer exists.
This record is for some concave mouldings and pick-dressed blocks of limestone and sandstone and also sections of limestone rib vaulting indicating a former lierne vault which are in the garden of the modern Dominican church in Tralee. They are presumably from the medieval Dominican friary (KE029-236001-). The above description is derived from Bradley, J., et al. 1987 Urban Archaeology Survey Part XIV County Kerry. Unpublished report. Office of Public Works. Date of upload: 24 January 2012

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