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At a glance
- TypeChurch
- Recorded sizeE-W; L 10.85m, W 4.95m
- StatusNational Monument
What to look for
- Holy well nearby
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.
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History and description
To E of R.C. church at centre of Inis Meáin. Known locally as Teampall na Seacht Mac Rí, this rectangular church (E-W; L 10.85m, Wth 4.95m), a National Monument, is much rebuilt.
Full archaeological record 99 words
To E of R.C. church at centre of Inis Meáin. Known locally as Teampall na Seacht Mac Rí, this rectangular church (E-W; L 10.85m, Wth 4.95m), a National Monument, is much rebuilt. There are remains of a doorway and window in S wall and evidence of an internal division, but otherwise featureless. Immediately to S is Leaba Chinndeirge (GA119-081002-), a rectangular drystone structure (L 3.04m, Wth 1.66m, H 0.8m) with a cross (GA119-081003-) at its E end (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 325, no. 51). To SW is a holy well (GA119-082----). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 406; Westropp 1895, 269)
References
- Date of revised upload: 18 January 2016
- This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.
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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