What is recorded here
At a road junction to S of Glassillaun beach. No visible trace survives of this 18th-C R.C. chapel (info. T. Robinson) but a font from it lies in a field by the shore 200m to NW. There is also a mass-rock c. 210m to NE and a possible wayside cairn site (GA010-042----) 100m to E.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- No visible remains or recorded as destroyed
Places near here
Font in GlassillaunFont · 1 yd
Glassilaun BeachBeach / strand · 688 yd
Lettergesh BeachBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Salrock Church (in ruins)Church · 1.2 mi
Inis BarnaIslet · 1.2 mi
GubanillaunHeadland · 1.3 mi
DooneenIslet · 1.6 mi
Silver StrandBeach / strand · 2.5 mi