Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Boherduff, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Boherduff
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.19286, -8.64368
- SMR number
- GA105-029001-
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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
In undulating pastureland. This very poorly preserved rectangular church (8.6m E-W; 5.3m N-S; wall T 0.73m) lies in the N sector of a graveyard (GA105-029002-). It is heavily overgrown with trees and only the foundation lines of the walls survive. A later field wall overlies the N wall. No architectural features are evident. There are two holy wells (GA105-029003- and GA105-029004-) in the NE sector of the graveyard. A children’s burial ground (GA105-029008-) lies c. 20m to the E. (McCaffrey 1925 80-81, 254, no. 18).
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 27 January 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 Unpublished MA thesis, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.