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At a glance
- TypeChurch
- Recorded sizeE-W; L 10.15m, W 6.47m
- StatusNational Monument
What to look for
- Nave and chancel
- Cross-slab
- Romanesque doorway
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
History and description
About 75m SE of St Patrick's church (GA040-013001-). This church, correctly Teampall na Naomh, is a nave and chancel church (E-W; L 10.15m, Wth 6.47m) with a Romanesque doorway in W wall, a plain chancel arch, round-headed windows in E and S walls, and an external projecting corbel at NE corner of chancel.
Full archaeological record 81 words
About 75m SE of St Patrick's church (GA040-013001-). This church, correctly Teampall na Naomh, is a nave and chancel church (E-W; L 10.15m, Wth 6.47m) with a Romanesque doorway in W wall, a plain chancel arch, round-headed windows in E and S walls, and an external projecting corbel at NE corner of chancel. A decorated cross-slab (GA040-013008-) is incorporated into W end of S wall of nave. (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 48-9, 50-3; Fahey 1901b, 239-40; Leask 1955, Vol. 1, 110-11)
References
- Date of revised upload: 30 January 2018
- The monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 412.
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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