Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On a level terrace to NE of the village of Eochaill, Inis Mór. This poorly preserved E. Chr oratory (E-W; L 4.4m, Wth 3m) is a Nat. Mon., known locally as Teampall Asurnaí. There is a ruined doorway in W wall, a window in E with an altar below, and a projecting corbel at SE corner. The remains of a possible ecclesiastical building (GA110-084006-) lie to W and three cross slabs (GA110-084003-, GA110-084004-, GA110-084005-) to E. There is also the saint's bed (GA110-084002-), placed variously at E gable by OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1927a, Vol. 3, 316, 370), in field to SE by OS 6-inch map, and to NW by Robinson (1980). A holy well (GA110-082001-) and bush to lie c. 115m to NW. (Westropp 1895, 262; Barry 1886, 491)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Galway Vol. I - West Galway'. Compiled by Paul Gosling (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993).

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

This monument was taken into Ownership under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 - National Monument 43.

References

Higgins, J.G. 1987 The Early Christian cross slabs, pillar stones and related monuments of County Galway, Ireland, 2 vols. British Archaeological Reports, International Series 375. Oxford.

Barry, J.G. 1886 Aran of the saints. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 17, 488-94.

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.

Westropp, T.J. 1895 Proceedings: Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 25, 250-74.