What is recorded here

Rebuilt from Franciscan friary stones, the round-headed doorway now guards a holy well and penitential stations in open pasture. Its smooth outer arch contrasts with the rough inner face, suggesting it was broken from a larger building and refitted to mark a place of prayer. The movement from church to field did not diminish the stones; it redirected their purpose toward water, confession and endurance.

In pastureland. This reconstructed medieval round-headed doorway surround (H1.7m; Wth 1.1m) now acts as the entrance to a rectangular enclosed area (24m E-W; 12m N-S), defined by a low mortared wall, within which a holy well (GA125-001001-) and penitential stations (GA125-001003-) lie. The doorway is in the W wall. The external face of its arch stones and most of the side stones are chamfered and pock dressed but the internal face is rough and unworked. The doorway may have been removed from the Franciscan friary (GA125-058002-) that lay c. 245m to the SSE. Further medieval arch stones (GA125-001004-) are visible in the SE corner of the enclosed area, where they are incorporated into a culvert. The following images have been uploaded courtesy of Dr B. O'Reilly: GA125-001003-_01.jpg External view of doorway, from W GA125-001003-_02.jpg Internal view, from SE Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 21 July 2023

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