Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Gardenblake, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gardenblake
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church (in ruins)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.10576, -8.74038
- SMR number
- GA123-046001-
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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
Within the S half of a graveyard (GA123-046002-), which is roughly centrally located within a possible early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA123-046003-). Described in the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1927, Vol. 2, 622-4) as a much-ruined church (c. 22.8m E-W; c. 7.6m N-S). The E and W gables were entirely demolished and only sections of the N (L 17.6m) and S (L 10m) side-walls survived, each with a single-light round-headed window towards its E end. Traces of a pointed arch were also evident near the W end of the N side-wall. All that now survives is a featureless section of the latter wall (L 3.3m; H 2.1m; T 0.95m); it consists of a double-faced randomly coursed mortared wall. (Fahey 1893, 257, 433)
Compiled by: Galway Archaeological Survey, UCG
Date of upload: 18 February 2020
References
Fahey, J.A. 1893 (Reprint 1986) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Kilmacduagh. Galway. Kenny Gallery.
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.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Mill - cornunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.