Templemore, church in County Mayo

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In the NW corner of a graveyard (MA070-068002-) on a gentle E-facing pasture slope c. 200m E of the N-flowing Strade River. According to the Ordnance Survey Letters for Co. Mayo (1838, 361 (148)), ‘… part of the south wall is still to be seen with the traces of a window in it’. A very poorly preserved and heavily overgrown rectangular structure is orientated E-W (L c. 30m; Wth c. 10m). Its N wall and part of the W wall, both masked by vegetation, now form the limits of the associated graveyard (MA070-068002-). The SE corner survives formed by a low short length (H 1.15m; L 3m; T 1.25m) of upstanding E gable wall, with the rest of the wall traceable as a grassed-over foundation line running N, and a slightly longer section (L 8.3m; T 1.18m; max H 2.4m) of the adjoining S sidewall. The walls are constructed of roughly coursed undressed stone and smaller packing stones in a pebbled mortar. At current internal ground level, an alcove (H 0.3m; Wth 0.5m; D 0.55m) survives near the E end of the S wall. The interior is choked with vegetation. Strade Dominican Friary (MA070-067001-) stands c. 225m to the S. Date of visit: 27-9-2025 Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA070-068001

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