What is recorded here

Graveslab in Callan South lies at the W end of the N aisle of St Mary’s parish church, a tapering limestone slab bearing a raised eight-armed floriated cross whose fleur-de-lys touch into a circle. Leaves and knops climb the shaft, while two splayed fleur-de-lys form the base, all enclosed by a thin roll-moulding. It is the kind of marker that turns a church aisle into a room where death was shaped, remembered and made visible.

Lying at the W end of the N aisle of the nave of St Mary’s parish church (KK026-010012-). Limestone tapering slab (L 2.49m; Wth at top 0.65m; Wth at base 0.45m; T 0.1m) with a raised eight-armed floriated cross-head, with the fleur-de-lys touching to form a circular arrangement. Two small leaves protrude from either side of the cross-shaft just below the cross-head and two further leaves/fleur-de-lys spring downward from the cross-shaft below this. There is a bulging knop just below the springing vegetation and a circular knop just above the cross base. The cross base is formed by two fleur-de-lys splayed outwards. The slab is edged with a roll-moulding (diam.0.05m). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 14 September 2018

Early Christian gravestone, 7th–9th century; significant as an example of Insular cross-carved stonework associated with the ecclesiastical site of St Mary’s church.

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