Inishnee Church
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Inishnee Church

Church ruin in Inishnee, County Galway, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentNot recorded
  • MedievalIn the record
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Inis Ní, Co. Galway53.39596, -9.89264
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At a glance

  • TypeChurch
  • Date or period mentionedmedieval
  • Recorded sizeE-W; L 10m, W 3.7m

What to look for

  • Graveyard

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

In the SW corner of a large rectangular graveyard close to the E shore of the island. This is a small poorly preserved medieval church (E-W; L 10m, Wth 3.7m).

Full archaeological record 147 words

In the SW corner of a large rectangular graveyard close to the E shore of the island. This is a small poorly preserved medieval church (E-W; L 10m, Wth 3.7m). Apart from the flat-headed doorway and aumbry in the S wall, no architectural features survive. Traces of an internal division exist at the E end. A subcircular burial area (GA050-011002-) to the NE of church is defined by a low wall of irregular boulders. It contains a ruined leacht (GA050-011003-) with a cross-inscribed pillar (GA050-011004-) (Higgins 1987, ii, 281, no. 12). A round pebble carved with a three-line Greek cross provenanced to this church or associated graveyard is now in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (ibid., 403-4, no. 122). No trace was found of the 'well (GA050-011005-) just to south of church' (Killanin 1954, 101). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 121, 125; Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 387)

References

  • Date of revised upload: 12 June 2018

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Olive Alcock · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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