Architectural fragment in Inchcleraun

The monastic cashel (LF021-048----) now has a gateway of modern appearance on the SE side, where there are the remains of two reused Romanesque jamb-stones decorated with beading and a single lateral chevron, one unfinished cross-base (LF021-048020-), a multiple bullaun stone (LF021-048021-) and traces of a possible cobbled road leading southwards to the church (LF021-048007-) known locally as ‘The Women's Church'. These jamb-stones were first discovered in 1932-3 during OPW maintenance works (101st Rep. public works, Ire. 1932-3, 43). It was suggested that the jamb-stones marked a 12th-century gateway through the cashel into the monastery (Leask 1955, vol. 1, 13, 162; O'Keeffe 2003, 318; Halpin and Newman 2006, 171). However the stones are not in situ and were probably taken from a Romanesque church doorway and re-inserted into the cashel wall (Ní Ghrádaigh 2006, 28; Stalley 2008, 717). Carved Stone Inventory ID No. 2952 represents a Romanesque sandstone jamb (H 0.35m x Wth 0.36m x D 0.22m) carved on face and reveal with two bands of lateral centrifugal chevron. Carved Stone Inventory ID No. 2954 represents a Romanesque sandstone jamb (H 0.33m x Wth 0.34m x D 0.27m) carved on the arris with a roll flanked by pellets. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 17 February 2023