Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Killamude West, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killamude West
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.39846, -8.54140
- SMR number
- GA059-042----
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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 flat open pastureland. According to local tradition, this was the site of 'the church of Modiúit', a saint and bishop who lived in the 6-7th C (Flynn 1991, 12-13). All that survives are the low grassy foundations of a rectangular building aligned E-W, 'measuring about 10 1/2 feet [3.2m] by 6 1/2 feet [2m] internally' (ibid.). This appears to stand within a small rectangular enclosure, also defined by low grassy foundations. Though a number of large stones lie in the vicinity, no architectural features survive (information from P. Ruane). Not visited.
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.