What is recorded here

No visible scars mark the E wall of St. James, yet two tomb plaques hide inside its stone. One faces outward above the entrance, showing a crucifixion with Mary and St John rendered in false relief. The other turns inward, facing the pews where people still pray. The church claimed dead men's markers and made them witnesses, forcing the living to share a wall with the dead.

Two limestone plaques, probably from tomb surrounds and sculptured in false relief, are incorporated into the outer walls of the Roman Catholic church of St. James, which was built in the 1830s. This piece is high on the E wall over the main entrance and depicts a crucifixion with a very stylized Mary and St John. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 2 January, 2014

The stone sculpture likely dates to the early medieval period, possibly 8th to 10th century, and may have originally served as part of a high cross or ecclesiastical monument. Its incorporation into the church wall suggests it was repurposed during the construction of the 19th-century church.

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