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Not listed in the SMR (1992) or the RMP (1996). Some architectural fragments were recently returned to Scattery Island having been absent for about 150 years. The first is a 13/14th-century grotesque carved stone head from a window or door. The head (H 26.8m; Wth 24.5m; T 29.5m) has a wrinkled forehead with no hair and deep grooves around the mouth and cheeks. The large mouth is open showing large teeth. The second fragment is the apex of a moulded window or door hood above which is a knight’s head wearing a helmet. The hood bears some dog-tooth ornament. It is unclear which of the churches they came from. A third fragment from a 15/16th-century cloister arcade was returned but may not have come from the island. (Higgins 2014, 77-80)
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 24 September 2014
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