Templesaghtmacree, church in County Galway

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To E of R.C. church at centre of Inis Meáin. Known locally as Teampall na Seacht Mac Rí, this rectangular church (E-W; L 10.85m, Wth 4.95m), a National Monument, is much rebuilt. There are remains of a doorway and window in S wall and evidence of an internal division, but otherwise featureless. Immediately to S is Leaba Chinndeirge (GA119-081002-), a rectangular drystone structure (L 3.04m, Wth 1.66m, H 0.8m) with a cross (GA119-081003-) at its E end (Higgins 1987, vol. 2, 325, no. 51). To SW is a holy well (GA119-082----). (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 406; Westropp 1895, 269) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 18 January 2016 This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 42.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA119-081001

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