Church

The National Monuments Service's description

In flat pastureland overlooking Brandy Harbour and the sea to the WNW. The OS Letters record that there was a 'little church in the townland of Cillin Arann, of which the site only is now traceable' in this townland(O'Flanagan 1927, Vol. 1, 302). According to McCaffrey (1952, 187, no. 35) one 'wall of 24' long [c. 7.3m] x 3' wide [c. 1m] and 3'6" [c. 1.07m] high survived. It was aligned N-S. The wall was 'hidden in a briar thicket' 'in this position [i.e. that of a children's burial ground (GA103-135---- marked on the OS 6-inch maps]',and local people informed him that human remains were dug up by those attempting to build houses in the immediate vicinity (ibid. 82). No visible surface trace survives.

Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG

Date of upload: 25 February 2020

References

McCaffrey, P. 1952 A contribution to the archaeology of the barony of Dunkellin, Co. Galway. Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1927 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Galway collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839. Typescript in 3 vols. Bray.