Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ballyglass North, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballyglass North
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church in ruins
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.67650, -8.49486
- SMR number
- GA007-022----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On roadside in farmland within E half of a large subrectangular graveyard. Very poorly preserved and overgrown rectangular church (E-W; L c. 19m, Wth c. 7m), probably of late medieval date. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 69-70) record that the 'west gable, and a small part of the south side wall containing an ugly window of no interest' still remained. Only N half of W gable and a short stretch of the adjoining N wall still stand to full height, though the foundation lines of N, E and S walls are traceable. No architectural features survive. The interior is littered with graves.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. II - North Galway'. Compiled by Olive Alcock, Kathy de hÓra and Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999).
Date of upload: 05 August 2010
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.