Chapel (in Ruins) — Bremore

In disused graveyard S of Bremore fortified house (DU002-002001-). This is reputed to be the early monastic site of 'Lann Beachaire' possibly founded by St. Molaga in the 7th-century (Walsh 1888, 252; Gwynn & Hadcock 1970, 396). Traditionally associated with the transportation of bees from Wales to Ireland by St Modomnócc (Newman Johnson 2007, 250). The 1992 describes the remains are of a late medieval church, which was the manorial chapel for Bremore, and comprised a rectangular featureless structure with undivided nave and chancel (13.1m E-W, 7m N-S, max. wall H 3m) and a small extension to the W (orientated NE-SW). Built throughout of coursed limestone masonry. Remains of doorway traceable in the N wall of the nave, which is incorporated into a garden wall. Lit by plain loop in S wall. Buttress near E end of S wall. Now extensively overgrown with only southern church wall discernable. Fragments of decorated seventeenth-century stonework were cemented into place along interior of southern church wall, including a lintel (DU002-002006-) dated to 1689 and decorated with emblems of the Passion; two double-light decorated window heads (DU002-002005-). A carved crucifixion (DU002-002004-) has since been removed to Ardgillan Castle. A plain lintel also lies on the ground adjacent to the gate piers at the entrance to the graveyard. A mass dial thought to have come from the manorial chapel was recovered during excavations to the north of the site (DU002-014----).  Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Updated by: Christine Baker Date of upload: 24 October 2014