Monday 19 November 2018

THROUGH MY LENS - Walk with Neil Port at Mount Stewart Gardens (Part 5)

We have reached the Mount Stewart’s family private burial grounds at Tir na nOg on the estate.  This is the final place that Neil Porteous, our Head Gardeners is taking us today.



There are two turreted buildings within the burial ground.The western turret has two of its three windows housing fine wrought iron frames and exquisite stained glass.This cross has only recently been put there and it is the memorial stone of Charles 7th Marquess of Londonderry.



There is a beautiful wooden ceiling and I spied a Wasp’s nest at the base of the roof.




 In the eastern turret at Tir n’an Og is a relief by Margaret Wrightson depicting Ethlinn, the daughter of the king of the Formorians, of the Evil Eye, holding the baby Lugh, the Celtic Sun God. Wrightson’s design is based on a design for a tarot card, first published by Maude Gonne McBride in her book ‘Cow of Plenty’, published in 1910. 
The only difference is Lugh is holding a cross. 



There are very fine reliefs by Morris Harding and the Twelve Apostles are depicted in a higher sequence of reliefs.





If you missed any of the former 4 parts in this series, you can find them on my posts that I published during the last 2 weeks on Monday and Wednesdays.
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Many thanks for visiting and also your comments.

10 comments:

  1. Yes--- they certainly captured a sense of history. Wasps nests can be quite lovely-- so long as they're vacant!

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  2. Your pictures capture the resting place beautifully Margaret.

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  3. Hello, it is a beautiful resting place. Lovely series of photos. Happy Monday, enjoy your day! Have a great new week!

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  4. That is a beautiful ceiling!
    Have a wonderful week!

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  5. This is absolutely beautiful! The windows, the cross, the domed ceiling, and the beautiful wall engraving. The wasp nest looks huge!! About how many people would you think are buried here?

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  6. Great photos of Mount Stewart Gardens. The carvings of saints reminds me of similar carvings inside a Buddhist temple in Kunming, China.

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  7. Wonderful place, the Celtic Cross is beautiful.

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  8. Enjoyed this entire tour very much.... that ceiling and the carvings are amazing.

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