So, did you ever wonder who carved all the stones for all those medieval cathedrals, churchs, abbeys, etc.? There must have been hundreds or even thousands of stonecarvers working on each building. I wonder what all those stonecarvers did for a living once they were no longer needed to carve stone....

A few interior shots from the Rock of Cashel.

Nice set. Last one is supurb. Happy Friendshipday! prasadnlv · 2009-08-02: 00:13

look like Brittany....a lot of abbey and churchs! tomie · 2009-08-02: 04:26

Aweosme shots Liz !! i see in lreland most old churchs have stonecarving in side and out side !! it much take day and weeks to do carving into stone !! i send you greeting from lreland , finbarr · 2009-08-02: 15:02

I suspect that people like stone carvers were highly valued for their skills back then... ?? DancingDolphin · 2009-08-02: 15:16

I think the stone carvers had ample work—and it took a great deal of time. Beautiful photopoet · 2009-08-02: 18:47

Nice carving work ....thanks for sharing. ????? · 2009-08-03: 20:31

how cool, they are so ornate; you can tell a lot of work went into these! urmysunshine · 2009-08-03: 23:01

Wow very cool captures, I think they probably carved their whole lives, unlike the modern tools we have now the ancient ones took alot longer to use mystic1 · 2009-08-04: 11:15

Magnificient! davidcardona · 2010-06-27: 22:36

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