Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Prominent landmark on ridge summit to SW of Cill Éinne. Part of St Enda's E. Chr. monastery. Locally known as Teampall Bheanáin, this Nat. Mon. is a small well-preserved E. Chr. oratory (NNW-SSE; L 3.22m, Wth 2.13m) with steeply pitched gables. There is a narrow trabeate doorway in N gable and a round-headed window in E side-wall. Nearby, to E, is a parallel length of revetting wall, possibly part of an enclosure (GA119-009006-) around the church. Associated with the oratory are three inscribed slabs (GA119-009003-, GA119-009004-, GA119-009007-) and three clochans (GA119-007----, GA119-008----, GA119-009002-). Another inscribed cross-slab (GA110-023018-) was incorrectly recorded at this church (see Waddell 1973, 19 (8)). (Manning 1985, 98-110)

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). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 05 August 2010

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

References

Manning, C. 1985c Archaeological excavations at two church sites on Inishmore, Aran Islands. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 115, 96-120.

Waddell, J. 1973 An archaeological survey of Temple Brecan, Aran. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 33, 5-27.