
What is recorded here
In the rolling green of Clare, a forgotten church stood where Luchtighern once worshipped. The oratory has vanished from memory and most maps, yet its absence gives the land a quiet edge. To walk past the site is to brush against a name time has tried to erase.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Church (in Ruins)Church · 68 yd
Castle (in Ruins)Castle, unclassified · 177 yd
IndicatedEnclosure · 333 yd
Enclosure in FinloughEnclosure · 775 yd
Castle Dermot (Site of)Castle, unclassified · 949 yd
Knappogue Castlecastle/fortified house · 1483 yd
Mooghaun WoodsWood · 2.0 mi
CraggaunowenNationally known place · 2.7 mi
islandWood · 3.2 mi
Cloghleagh RockNamed rock · 3.8 miOther information
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