Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Building
Eoghanacht, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Eoghanacht
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.14577, -9.77758
- SMR number
- GA110-010012-
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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 rectangular building (11.5m N-S; 5.55m E-W) is part of the monastic complex known as na Seacht Teampaill/the Seven Churches and is c. 15m to the SSE of Teampall Bhreacáin/Temple Brecan (GA110-010001-). It is constructed of roughly coursed limestone masonry. There is a pointed arch doorway in the E wall and opposite it in the W wall are the remains of another doorway, to the S of which there is a two-light ogee-headed window. Niches are evident at the E end of the N wall and the S end of the E wall (Waddell 1973, 15-16, Building H). An internal division, to the N of the doorways, is not bonded into the E or W walls. (Gosling 1993, 63, no. 349)
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 8 March 2016
References
Waddell, J. 1973 An archaeological survey of Temple Brecan, Aran. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 33, 5-27.
Gosling, P. (compiler) 1993 Archaeological inventory of County Galway, vol. 1: West Galway. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.