Classified under Leggetsrath in County Kilkenny, these architectural pieces are not displayed in any gallery or embedded in any wall. They sit in an OPW depot in Kilkenny city, removed from the structure they once formed part of, awaiting a context that the public rarely gets to see.

The fragments originated from archaeological excavations at Kilkenny Castle, carried out by archaeologist Ben Murtagh under licence numbers E000627 and 99E0481. Kilkenny Castle has a long and layered building history, having been substantially rebuilt and modified across several centuries from its Norman origins, and excavations of such a site tend to recover material that does not fit neatly back into any restored wall. Architectural fragments of this kind, pieces of cut stone, moulded edging, carved detail, are a common but underappreciated category of find. They represent decisions made by medieval and early modern builders, the particular profile of a window jamb or the curve of a vaulted rib, but separated from their original position they become difficult to interpret without specialist knowledge. Murtagh's excavations were significant enough in scope to generate two separate licences, suggesting work conducted across more than one phase or season.