What is recorded here
Some 195m N of and downslope from a church (GA077-016----). Known locally as Tobar Chiaráin, it consists of a natural spring in a fine stone-revetted basin, now surmounted by concrete and railings. Frequented on 9th September, the saint's day. (Robinson 1985, 55; O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 115, 125; Killanin 1954, 103)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'.
From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA077-015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
Places near here
Cé Chill Chiaráin [Kilkieran Quay]Quay/wharf · 436 yd
Cill Chiaráin [Saint Ciaran's Catholic Church]Church/chapel · 808 ydHoly well in Cill ChiaráinHoly well · 912 ydCora na gCúgHeadland · 1183 ydHoly well in Coill SáileHoly well · 1.5 miTrá na hAille MóireBeach / strand · 1.9 mi
Cora na hAirde MóireHeadland · 2.5 mi
Cnoc MordáinMountain / peak · 4.1 mi
FornaisIsland · 4.5 mi_island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1249945.jpg/250px-Quay_at_south_end_of_Garmna_(Gorumna)_island_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1249945.jpg "Photo: Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0")
GarmnaIsland · 5.1 mi
Teach an PhiarsaighHeritage attraction · 6.6 mi
Trá an DóilínBeach / strand · 6.7 miPictures: Newbert12, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Mac McCarron, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jonathan Wilkins, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Digital Eye, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0; Gordon Hatton, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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