Meedian Church Door (WM033-040----)3D ModelNoAI
The mid 19th-century Roman Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart at Meedian/Meedin (Mídín/possibly meaning meadow), parish of Clonfad, Co. Westmeath, is entered through a carved medieval pointed doorway in the north-east gable with a medieval window (WM033-0400001-) above the entrance both of which appear to be 15th-16th century in date. The present R. C. Church was built on the site of an earlier T-plan Chapel. It is possible that the present medieval limestone doorway and window were taken from the nearby medieval church at Castlelost, Co. Westmeath (WM033-031----) and reused during the building of the present R. C. Church. The doorway is built with cut limestone jambs with decorative cable-moulding. The terminals of the hood-moulding over the doorway are decorated with a bunch of grapes and vine leaf motif. A quarternary or four-cornered interlaced knot is visible on the side of one of the door jambs. For more information, visit: https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?SMRS=WM033-040----
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