What is recorded here
At Cill Charna c. 2.5m N of a possible church (GA110-159001-). Described by Barry (1886, 493) as 'A dripping well…called “Tobarchora” '; correctly Tobar Charna. All that is visible today is a small circular hole, blocked by rubble, in S part of a ruined rectangular drystone enclosure (L 8m, Wth 7m) which is built of limestone flags set on edge. I - West Galway'. Edited by: Olive Alcock
Date of revised upload: 3 February 2023
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA110-159002
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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Photo credits
- Tom Pullman, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
- National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Ronan Mac Giollapharaic, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Guilhem Boyer, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Herbert Ortner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
- Marathon, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Chairego apc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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