What is recorded here
Dedicated to St. Fintan (Comerford 106-107). It consists of the ruins of a divided nave and chancel church (LA029-025), built with roughly coursed limestone blocks. An opening in the East end of the South wall may represent the doorway. No opening between nave and chancel. Otherwise featureless.
Irregularly shaped graveyard (int. dims. 49m N-S; 48m E-W) enclosed by a stone wall containing post 1700 AD memorials. Church located in N quadrant of graveyard.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Early Christian church and burial site, likely 7th–10th century. Associated with St. Fintan, it reflects the monastic tradition of the Irish Highlands.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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