St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, interior - nave, south aisle, tomb recess - Stalley, Roger (My University, 2010)
St Mary's Collegiate Church, Gowran, Co Kilkenny
Photograph by Roger Stalley. View of tomb recesses below roll-and-fillet stringcourse in the south aisle of the nave. Cinquefoil arches have cable moulding and cusps carved with stiff-leaf foliage. Capitals are of bell and foliate design and have nailhead ornament also. Plain shafts rest on water-holding bases. Hood moulding has roll-and-fillet moulding terminating in foliate and head carved label stops.
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