Kilmurry Church (in ruins)

Within an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA017-121003-). Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roofed rectangular structure but named as 'in Ruins'. All that survives are the partially overgrown foundations of a rectangular building (E-W; L 23.2m, Wth 8.25m). Neary (1914, 124, no. 98) mentions the presence of 'a large doorway in the middle of the N. wall' but a field wall now overlies this and its position was not located. All that is visible of E gable is a grassed-over foundation line, outside of which is a large pile of rubble. Only E end of S wall can be traced, though a short length of wall, running N-S, appears to overlie its line at W end. The W gable (Wth 1m, H 2.1m int.) is the best preserved and is rendered internally. Traces of an internal division are visible towards W end, to W of which the floor level drops by 0.3m. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). Date of upload: 05 August 2010