Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Claretuam, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Claretuam
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.49420, -8.90565
- SMR number
- GA043-037----
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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
In undulating farmland at Claretuam, it is situated within a modern rectilinear graveyard. Described in OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 126) as 'The old church of Belclare [which] was erected by the Anglo-Normans, and dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel'. The visible remains comprise a poorly preserved rectangular church (E-W; L >14.8m, Wth 5.5m) of which only the lines of W gable, a small section of adjoining N wall and S wall are still evident. Though much of S wall still stands to full height, it is featureless. There is a holy well (GA043-028----) 230m to NE, an earthwork (GA043-036----) 100m to NNW and a castle (GA043-039----) 160m to SE.
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
- Castle - motteunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.