Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ahascragh West, County Galway, Ireland
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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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (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
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Mill - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.