Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Wall monument
Athenry, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Athenry
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.29822, -8.74471
- SMR number
- GA084-001072-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
This wall monument (Wth 2m; H c. 1.9m; D 0.6m) is the easternmost example of three tomb niches (see also GA084-001070- and GA084-001071-) that are visible in the S wall of the nave of the Dominican church (GA084-001014-). A double piscina is visible to its E. Apart from moulded column stones and a decorated terminal stone all the stonework has been removed. When Macalister (1913 208-9) visited the site only the western jamb and the spring of the arch above it were visible as it was concealed by masonry and a modern altar tomb; the latter has also been removed. The three niches display elements of Romanesque and Transitional architecture, including foliage, nail-head, chevron and cable designs, which suggest that they date to the initial construction phase of the church c. 1241 (McKeon 2009, 38). (Bradley and Dunne 1992, 32)
The following image has been uploaded: GA084-001072-_01.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 12 November 2018
References
McKeon, J. 2009 The Dominican priory of Saints Peter and Paul, Athenry: High-medieval history and architecture. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 61, 24-56.
Macalister, R.A.S. 1913 The Dominican church at Athenry. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 3, 197-222.
Bradley, J. and Dunne, N. 1992b Urban archaeological survey - county Galway. Unpublished report commissioned by the Office of Public Works, Dublin.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.