Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Corker, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Corker
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.11515, -8.80414
- SMR number
- GA114-057005-
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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
On an E-facing slope in pastureland, c. 90m to the WNW of a holy well (GA114-057003-). Described by Fahey (1893, 51) as 'a ruined oratory of considerable antiquity'. However, all that survived then, and now, is one flat-topped coursed wall (H 3m; Wth 0.9m) constructed of well-cut and mortared blocks, which is aligned E-W. A couple of projecting stones at either end indicate the returns suggesting that it is the N wall of a building (L 11.5m int.). Traces of a plinth are visible at the base of the N (external) face of the wall. The only architectural feature is a possible putlog hole in its S (internal) face. Possibly the remains of a church or ecclesiastical building. According to local information it was a 'monastery'.
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 31 January 2020
References
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
Nearby in the register
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.