Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Abbert Demesne, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Abbert Demesne
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.42636, -8.68345
- SMR number
- GA058-002002-
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
Roughly centrally placed within an early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA058-001----). Well-preserved but ivy-mantled rectangular church (NE-SW; L 17m, Wth 7.6m), which in its present form appears to be largely of 18-19th-C date. A pointed arch doorway in SW gable gives access to the interior which is lit by two single-light windows in NW wall. A circular arch in NE gable gives access to a small rectangular apse which is occupied by a plain table tomb aligned NE-SW. The apse is lit by a twin-light pointed arch window complete with glazing bars. The walls survive to almost full height and their internal faces are rendered. Possibly a medieval church refurbished as a mortuary or private chapel.
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
This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 278.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.