What is recorded here
Built into the outer wall of a farm building in the yard of Williamstown House located 20m S of Williamstown Castle site (WM013-060---) and bawn (WM013-060001-). A small weathered limestone head (Wth 0.1m; H 0.13m) with a flat face, large eyebrows, a flat nose and a small circular mouth. May have original come from Williamstown Castle.
Compiled by: Frank Coyne and Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 10 April 2018
Probably dating to the early medieval or later period, the stone head may have once formed part of a sculpted boundary marker or had a symbolic or protective function. Its incorporation into a farm building suggests later reuse, though any original ritual or heraldic significance is now lost.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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