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Templebeg (in ruins)

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Templebeg (in ruins)
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On level ground 100m E of Ballycuirke Lough. Ruined early medieval nave and chancel church (E-W; L 10.7m, Wth 5m ext.) with a straight-sided doorway in W gable. Portions of a plain chancel arch of three orders survive. A bullaun (GA081-005003-) lies 5m to NW and there is a Childrens Burial Ground (GA081-005002-) to S and E. (Killanin 1947, 122, 128; Ellanin and Duignan 1967, 381) 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). Date of upload: 05 August 2010
A ruined early medieval church at Templebeg, likely built in the 9th to 11th century, features a plain chancel arch and a straight-sided doorway, indicating a simple Romanesque style. Its location near Ballycuirke Lough suggests it was part of a small monastic or parish settlement in a rural ecclesiastical network.

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