Stone head in Trinity Island, County Cavan

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What is recorded here

Davies (1948, 100) recorded a grotesque male head (now in National Museum) which is believed to have come from Trinity Abbey (CV020-077001-). The head has bulging eyes, one of which appears to be closed, a long prominent nose, wrinkles on both cheeks and hair on top.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CV020-077002

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