Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Liskeevy, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Liskeevy
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Liskeevy Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.60060, -8.92246
- SMR number
- GA016-097----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On a low hillock in undulating grassland close to W bank of the River Clare; a railway line runs just outside its E boundary. Marked on 1st ed. of OS 6-inch map as a roofed rectangular building (c. 12m by c. 5m), aligned E-W. All that survives is a section of N wall (L 17.5m, Wth 0.8m, H c. 2.8m). No architectural features are visible. (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 27)
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.