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Church

Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.91538, -8.44890
SMR number
CL029-009139-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated c. 18m WSW of the round tower on Inis Cealtra. An earthen church was excavated here in 1974 (de Paor 2013, 40-41, 58). A rectangular building, rebuilt a number of times on slightly different orientations. The earliest phase of building (5.5m x 4.1m) was orientated exactly the same as St. Brigid’s church (CL029-009006-) and had a trodden clay floor. The walls (T over 2.5m) were defined by rows of wattle- or stake-holes and there was an entrance in the W wall. Close-set wattles appear to have been used as internal reinforcement. Rebuildings altered the orientation, first to almost NE-SW and then closer to E-W. This church, according to de Paor, represents the early phase of the monastery. The church was cut by a medieval house (CL029-009138-).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 9 November 2015

References

de Paor †, L. 2013 Inis Cealtra: Archaeological investigations of the monuments on the island. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 53, 27-78.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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