What is recorded here

Indicated is a church enclosure on a Galway rise, its boundary still marked by a low rocky scarp and faint stony bank beside the graveyard. The line curves through open pasture like a forgotten room, large enough to hold congregations, quiet enough to keep them hidden. People may have gathered there for feast days, burials and ordinary prayers before the castle drew more attention. The stones do not claim greatness; they preserve the shape of a local faith that once occupied the land.

On a locally prominent rise in open undulating pastureland, c. 540m to the E of 'Kilcooly Castle' (106-094----). On the 1838 and 1933 editions of the OS 6-inch map, the graveyard (GA106-095002-) associated with the church (GA106-095001-) is depicted as being roughly subcircular in plan (c. 65m NW-SE; c. 57m NE-SW), suggesting that it may mirror the line of a possible ecclesiastical enclosure. On inspection a low rocky scarp (H 1m max.) was traceable outside the modern graveyard wall, at a distance of 1.2m, from SW through N to SE. At N, this is supplemented by traces of a low stony bank (Wth 1m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1m). It is possible that this scarp/bank is the remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure. Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG Date of upload: 21 February 2020

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