Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Ashford, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ashford
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Templereelane
- Latest-edition OS map
- Templereelane (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 53.34425, -8.23751
- SMR number
- GA074-011001-
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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
Within a probable early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA074-011002-). All that survives are the grassed-over foundations of a possible nave and chancel church (E-W; L21.5m, Wth 7.6m). Traces of the external wall-face are visible along N side. A limited 'excavation' on the walls, reported by Connellan (1943a, 145-6), described them as being built of 'crude [stones], some big, some small' with traces of mortar, and suggested a wall width of c. 0.9m. The main body of the church is rectangular in plan (L 15.8m) with the possible chancel at E end (L 5.7m). According to local information, the stone from the church was used to build Ashford House, 250m to NW. Egan (1960, 12, 27) suggests that these are the foundations of 'a later medieval church', probably a parish church.
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
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- House - 18th/19th centuryunder 1 mi
- Pumpunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.