What is recorded here
I suspect someone at the church in Killeenmunterlane North once arrived with a worry rehearsed all the way there, then struggled to put it into words. The person beside them could offer a little patience, which is often more useful than a ready answer.
Within the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA103-137001-). On inspection in March 1983 only the foundations of this poorly preserved rectangular church (E-W; L c. 4m; Wth 2.9m) survived. There was a doorway in the W gable but no other architectural features were visible. On re-inspection in June 2013 it was noted that the church had been damaged following the clearance of overgrowth in the interior of the ecclesiastical enclosure. (McCaffrey 1952, 82, 197, no. 41; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 317)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 2 September 2019
Within the SE quadrant of an ecclesiastical enclosure (GA103-137001-). On inspection in March 1983 only the foundations of this poorly preserved rectangular church (E-W; L c. 4m; Wth 2.9m) survived. There was a doorway in the W gable but no other architectural features were visible. On re-inspection in June 2013 it was noted that the church had been damaged following the clearance of overgrowth in the interior of…
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA103-137002
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- Joseph McGinley, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Colin Park, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ian Capper, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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