What is recorded here
Dromiskin in County Louth holds scattered fragments from an early monastic site, including a carved spiral pillar piece that Tempest believed formed part of a church doorway. The smooth stone waits patience for hands, remembering the weight of prayers and the shape of a building no longer standing. What is lost is not gone; it has changed form, becoming a marker for imagination rather than a warning about forgetting.
A number of architectural fragments are situated within the early monastic site at Dromiskin, including a piece of a carved spiral pillar which Tempest (1952, 115-7) believed to be part of the church doorway.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 18 April 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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