Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Calluragh burial ground/An Raingiléis: This early Christian settlement (KE042-094001-), now a National Monument, lies on a fairly steep SE facing slope of Croaghmarhin and commands a magnificent view in all directions. The circular wall encloses an area measuring 68m N-S x 61m E-W in diameter and a roadway bisects the site E-W, isolating a small part of the S portion of the enclosure. The N part of the site is occupied by a number of low grave mounds which probably relate to the use of the site as a calluragh burial ground.

Oratory (KE042-094003-): The rectangular dry stone oratory, measuring 3.6m E-W x 2.6m N-S internally, now lacks its corbelled roof. Only the upper .5 to .9m of the N S and W walls are visible and the E wall is almost entirely obscured by collapse. The walls vary from 1.3 to 1.9m in thickness; an external offset, c. 0.3m deep and returned on all exposed sides, is surfaced by large flags which oversail the lower courses by c. 0.15m. The splayed lintelled doorway in the W wall inclines in elevation and the upper pivot for this door, a holed stone .45 x .36 m, projects from the internal wall face.

The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 827. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 8 August 2013