Church (in ruins) — Roscam

Within the W half of an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA094-072002-) at Roscam. This is a much-ruined multiphase medieval church (E-W; L c. 22m, Wth 6.48m). The N wall may have been rebuilt inside the line of the original wall as its lower courses are not bonded into the E gable wall, which extends northwards beyond it. Traces of two doorways are evident in the N wall; that at the W end is blocked up while only the opening survives of that at the E end. There is a robbed-out window in the E gable; traces of two others are evident in the S wall. Access to roughly three quarters of the interior of the church is impossible due to the massive amount of field-clearance rubble that has been dumped inside it. Only a short section at the E end is free of this material. Here two slabs in the ground in the SE corner mark the site of a burial vault (L 1.25m; Wth 4.6m; T 0.18m). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 1, 323-4; Fahey 1901a, 228-9; Athy 1914, 162-3) 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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. The following images have been uploaded: GA094-072001-_01 General view of church, graveyard (GA094-072003-) and round tower (GA094-072004-). GA094-072001-_02 Overall view of church from SW GA094-072001-_03 Blocked doorway at W end of N wall GA094-072001-_04 E gable, from W GA094-072001-_06 Looking W along rubble-filled interior Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 8 August 2019 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 46.