What is recorded here

Graveslab in Callan South preserves a broken limestone corner where “Hic jacet” still appears beside a faded fleur-de-lys. It lies in the centre aisle of St Mary’s church, not hidden in a museum case, and may belong to Philip Troddy, whose dated slab rests a few metres east. The fragment turns a ordinary church floor into a room of dead names, royal symbols and interrupted sentences.

Lying prostrate in the centre aisle of the nave of St Mary’s church (KK026-010012-), Callan. An upper corner fragment of a straight-sided limestone slab (dims. 0.56m x 0.33m; T 0.13m), portion of the upper surface has broken off. There is a border along both edges and part of a Latin inscription, in Black Letter script, is legible as ’[Hi]c jacet’. Portion of a fleur-de-lys occupies the upper corner of the slab, within the borders. It is possible that this fragment is from the graveslab (KK026-010055-) of Philip Troddy, dated 1563, which lies a few metres to the E. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 November 2019

A Christian graveslab, medieval period. Likely associated with early ecclesiastical activity in the Callan area.

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