Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Structure
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43161, -8.65709
- SMR number
- SL001-001006-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This structure, traditionally known as the ‘saint’s bed’ or ‘Leaba Molaise’, is located in a church (SL001-001005-), known as Teach Molaise.
A broad wall bench extends along the south wall of Teach Molaise internally, abutting the altar (SL001-001007-) at one end and the west gable at the other. The face of the bench (0.7 m high) is raised in roughly coursed rubble; the surface (c. 1 m wide) is formed by medium and large angular slabs, loosely laid.
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 16 January 2018
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Altarunder 1 mi
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.