GA-STNL-0412

This slab, which is reused as paving, is uninscribed but bears two shields. The upper shield bears a vair. The vair is in low false relief. The lower "shield", which may possibly be a vessel or chalice of some type, is blank and is decorated at the top with two pendant semi-circles and two quadrants of a circle, one in each corner. Each shield is squat and the lower one has a slightly ogee-shaped base. A stylized down-turned feature, with pointed ends - (meant perhaps as a motto scroll?) occurs beneath the lower-most "shield". The stone has been heavily pocked all over, probably in the 19th century, and this has caused considerable damage, in particular to the decoration of the upper shield. The arms are unidentified. A sketch of a manticora, a mythical beast with the head of a man and the body of a lion. This can be found on the pier behind the pulpit. The back paw of the beast has been conjecturally restored. The knot in the tail ususally indicates that the evil of the beast depicted has been overcome. Drawing by Majella Brien.