Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . 30 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND the moulding is bent in a short segment form. There are theusual rows of conical pellets, and the space between the chevronsis deeply hollowed. Of the inner ring only three stones remain, the rest beingmodern. I think the present arrangement as rebuilt is incorrect,and that originally the stones were arranged with chevrons point-ing outwards and downwards alternately. The jambs in each order are square in plan, the inner andouter having roll mouldings on the angles, finishing in the heads,or rat
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland . 30 ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND the moulding is bent in a short segment form. There are theusual rows of conical pellets, and the space between the chevronsis deeply hollowed. Of the inner ring only three stones remain, the rest beingmodern. I think the present arrangement as rebuilt is incorrect,and that originally the stones were arranged with chevrons point-ing outwards and downwards alternately. The jambs in each order are square in plan, the inner andouter having roll mouldings on the angles, finishing in the heads,or rather mouths, of animals, which are worked on the square andseem to grip the rolls. Both of these jambs contained longpanels with carved continuous ornament of similar character tothe fragments shown, which are the only ones easily decipher-. I3/A(enfary Cops. Fig. 5. able. The finish of this ornament at the top of the north face ofthe south jamb, in an inverted palmette pattern, is notable. The jamb of the middle order has a simple double chevronpattern on both faces, and the top stone on both sides under theimpost would appear to have been treated as a sort of friezecarved with interlaced ornament, now difficult to decipher. Onthe inside of the wall is a projecting architrave of rounded formearned all round the opening. Nave Details.—The south wall of the nave (Fig. 4) is in-teresting, containing one of the original windows, with a verynarrow outer opening and a wide internal splay, and beside ittwo larger inserted windows of approximately 13th century date,with engaged angle shafts and flat-pointed back arches. Theexternal openings are very wide in proportion to their height, andit is not now possible to say if they were originally one or two-light windows. The angle shafts are of delicate detail and thebases of the c
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