What is recorded here

Faulkland Castle may have employed the head as a corbel before it ended up embedded in the derelict farmhouse at Latlorcan. The long narrow face, bulging oval eyes and scalloped headpiece still stare outward from the front wall like a forgotten guard. Whoever moved it perhaps wanted to keep a piece of the castle alive after its rooms emptied.

Attached to the external front wall of a derelict farmhouse which is indicated on the 1835 'OS 6-inch' map. A stone carving of a human head in raised relief. The head is long and narrow, with oval bulging eyes and a full beard and is wearing a scalloped headpiece. Believed to have come from Faulkland Castle (MO009-059----) where it was probably used as a corbel. (pers. comm. Shirley Clerkin, Monaghan Heritage Officer). Date of upload/revision: 23 June 2011

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the stone head may have had a ritual or symbolic function, possibly linked to local folklore or ancestor veneration. Similar carvings are sometimes associated with protective or territorial markers in rural landscapes.

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