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The following description is derived from both the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986) and the 'Archaeological Survey of County Louth' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1991). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007
Set into a modern wall to the S of Castletown Castle, this is a very good example of a mouth-puller with the typical bulging eyes, exposed teeth and exaggerated wrinkles all over the face and head. The hands come from behind the head and have the thumbs pointing upwards. All the other fingers are inserted in the mouth rather than merely the forefinger as in the French examples. (CLAJ 1977, 69; Weir and Jerman 1986, 104-5, pl. 54)
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