Monument record 2986 - Carved stone heads in a Barn wall

<1> Manchester Museum, 1986-1991, Correspondence from the Manchester Museum about Stone Heads in Cheshire (Written Communication). SCH9081.

Located in the wall of a barn, attached to a seventeenth century farmhouse in Kelsall, there are four stone carved heads. The “Celtic” style heads are carved into rectangular building stones and are set in the two doorways to the barn. They are obscured by many layers of whitewash and are well worn. It is more likely that they are original features than added to the barn at a later date. An apotropaic (protective) function is implied. They belong to a large group of stone heads from Britain which on stylistic grounds are termed “Celtic”, but which show continuity into the Post Medieval period.