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Cahernarry Church

mausoleum, obelisk
Cahernarry Church
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Freestanding square-plan mausoleum, erected c. 1860, comprising cut limestone battered walls to base with dressed limestone copings surmounted by cast-iron railings. Carved plaque with chamfered multiple-foil recess and insignia in relief. Pointed arch opening with chamfered dressed limestone surround and recessed double-leaf metal doors. Obelisk style monument to top with vermiculated rusticated base, pedestal with rectangular carved limestone plaques and dressed stone spire.
This mausoleum, housing the remains of the Russell family, forms a group with the church and later mausoleum in Cahernarry graveyard. The obelisk styled mausoleum, set on a platform and surrounded by railings, was a common style seen in graveyards in the nineteenth century.

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