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This much-ruined rectangular building (10.3m NW-SE; 4.97m NE-SW; wall T 0.63m; max. H 1.8m) is part of the monastic complex known as na Seacht Teampaill/the Seven Churches. It is c. 10m to the N of Teampall Bhreacáin/Temple Brecan (GA110-010001-). Remains of opposing doorways are evident in the N and S walls and there is a simple rectangular window at the W end of the N wall. Between the window and the W wall there is a niche and two other niches are evident in the W wall. A fragment of a cross-slab (GA110-010015-) lies at the E end of the building (Waddell 1973, 12-14, Building D). (Gosling 1993, 63, no. 349)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 March 2016
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