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At a glance
- TypeChurch
- Date or period mentionedlate medieval
- Recorded size 16.9m E-W; 8.8m N-S; wall T 1.1m
- StatusNational Monument
Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.
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History and description
National Monument No. 113. A late medieval church (dims. 16.9m E-W; 8.8m N-S; wall T 1.1m).
Full archaeological record 75 words
National Monument No. 113. A late medieval church (dims. 16.9m E-W; 8.8m N-S; wall T 1.1m). Features include a doorway towards W end of S wall and a splayed chamfered ope with round head at E end of S wall. Some pieces of cut stone used as grave-markers. (Harbison 1970, 139-40). Reference to a church here (O'Hanlon and O'Leary 1907, vol. 1, 305; O'Flanagan 1933, 90) and described by Carrigan (Carrigan 1905, vol. 2, 347-348).
Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 17 December 2007 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Laois. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.
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