Overview
monument — Abbey is recorded as monument in Galway. Freestanding limestone monument, built c.1720. Square plan with pyramidal cap having projecting flat stone slab cutting off apex and vertical stone pillar protruding from slab.
Why it was built
The saved account records: Freestanding limestone monument, built c.1720.
People and work
The saved account records: Square plan with pyramidal cap having projecting flat stone slab cutting off apex and vertical stone pillar protruding from slab.
How it changed
The saved account records: Rest of monument constructed of random rubble.
What survives
The saved account records: Set in open field adjacent to housing estate with random rubble boundary wall to road.
Why it mattered
monument — Abbey matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This monument is similar to that of Laghta Oliver Brown in Sheeaunpark (30407112) and contributes to the architectural interest of the roadscape outside Abbeyknockmoy. This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
Places near here
- Laghta — Culliagh Northmonumentunder 0.1 miles
- Corn Mill (in ruins) — Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.1 miles
- Architectural fragment in Culliagh Northmonument0.2 miles
- Indicated — Culliagh Northmonument0.2 miles
- R.C. Chapel (in ruins) — Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.2 miles
- Mapped cemetery — County Galwaymemorial0.3 miles
- Burial Ground — Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.3 miles
- Abbeyknockmoy Abbeybuilding0.3 miles
- Knockmoy Abbeyattraction0.3 miles
- Indicated — Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.3 miles
- Abbey (in ruins) — Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.3 miles
- Field system in Abbey (tiaquin By.)monument0.3 miles
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