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Church

Ahascragh West, County Galway, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Ahascragh West, County Galway, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Ahascragh West
County
Galway
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Church
Latest-edition OS map
Church (Site of)
Coordinates
53.39835, -8.33511
SMR number
GA061-008----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1857 · 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

On a gentle W-facing slope near the centre of Ahascragh village. Marked on 1st ed. OS 6-inch map as a small rectangular church (c. 12m by c. 5m) aligned E-W, but OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 117) state that 'There is not a vestige ... of it ... to be seen'. No visible surface trace survives, apart from a very slight rise in ground level, at N end of the graveyard, which may mark its site. It may be a pre-Norman foundation associated with the local St Cuan who died in AD 788 (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 372). A holy well (GA061-023001-) dedicated to this saint lies c. 2.3 km to NE.

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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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