What is recorded here

Kilmurry More holds a small carved head, no taller than a child's forearm, set in concrete at the graveyard entrance. The face is simple but the headdress is clear, suggesting a bishop's mitre rather than a common mortal. The head likely fell from the lost medieval church beside it, stripped of its body and context when the building vanished. It still watches the gate, reduced to a forehead and hint of authority, waiting for someone to remember what it once topped.

In a graveyard (MA038-049002-). This carved stone head is set in concrete at the entrance to the graveyard. The head (Wth 0.1m; T 0.08m; H 0.17m) is carved in relief on a stone block (0.27m x 0.28m; H 0.2m). The facial features are simply delineated, and a headdress, perhaps a bishop's mitre, the base of which forms a horizontal band across the forehead, is clearly depicted. It seems likely that it came from the medieval church (MA038-049001-), no surface trace of which is now evident in the graveyard. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 13 March 2018

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the stone head may have originally served a religious or commemorative function, possibly linked to Christian iconography or local folklore. Its placement in a graveyard suggests a connection to funerary tradition or veneration of the dead.

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