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Base of tomb niche jamb. Moulding comprises from top down: grooved roll, bell, flat surface at right angle, hollow chamfer, quadrant, flat surface, bell, flat surface at right angle, quadrant, hollow chamfer, plinth. The mouldings here are unusual, the two lower elements protrude from the bell as two square blocks with mouldings at their front…

Tomb jamb, arch and hood, moulding comprises: hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer, quadrant, hollow chamfer. The hood, from outside in, comprises ogee roll, fillet, hollow, roll. The subtle graduation in the size of the hollow chamfers of this moulding, although simple by the standards of England or France, makes it one of the most…

Mullion from panels of blind Perpendicular tracery at the back of the tomb niche. The mullion comprises: frontal fillet flanked at either side by ogee, fillet, hollow. It may also be read as a roll and fillet flanked at either side by hollows. One of the only mouldings of this kind found in late medieval Irish Gothic.

Base of pinnacle flanking tomb nice. Moulding from top down comprises: roll, bell, roll, roll, bell, fillet, sloping plinth. This base is Perpendicular in form and compares with those at Sligo Dominican, Strade and Ballintubber.

Base of tomb niche opening, moulding from top down comprises: roll, roll, bell, roll, roll, bell, curved plinth. Very unusual Perpendicular style base, other examples can be found at Strade, Sligo Dominican, Balintubber.

(handwritten on back of image): 69.172, New Ross, Co. Wexford: Parish church of St. Mary: Pieces of mensa tomb [?] on W. wall of S. transept (multiple images on file)

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