What is recorded here
No wall or roof remains, only a flat terrace above a small Galway stream where maps still point to a lost church. A holy well, children's graves and an overgrown penitential marker cluster nearby, suggesting worship, birth, death and punishment all shared one narrow strip of land. The building vanished, but the terrace still holds the shape of what stood there.
On a level terrace overlooking a small stream mmediately to the S. Marked on the 1838 and 1921 editions of the OS 6-inch maps as the site of a church. No visible surface trace of it survives. A holy well (GA114-066002-) lies c. 40m to the SE, and there is a children's burial ground (GA114-066003-) c. 40m to the SSE. There are also two unclassified buildings (GA114-066006- and GA114-066007-) adjacent to the holy well, and 5m to the SW of the latter is a small overgrown rectangular structure (GA114-066005-) which may have been a penitential station. A secular well lies c. 60m to the SE on the S bank of the stream.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 31 January 2020
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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