What is recorded here

Not inidcated is a rock scribing, folk art in Coolshaghtena, County Roscommon, Ireland. A rectangular limestone overmantel from a nearby house is built into the roadside wall of an abandoned schoolyard. It shows five people, a cat, a dog and a house, with the words Patk. Spallon built this cottage 1814.

Built into the roadside face of the wall of an abandoned schoolyard. Rectangular limestone piece (dims 1.48m x 0.35m) with a tableau carved in false relief depicting five human figures, a cat, a dog and a house with the inscription 'Patk. Spallon built this cottage 1814'. It was the overmantel from a nearby house, and local folklore interprets it as the tale of a failed eviction. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

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