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Killeely More Church
 

County

Galway

Coordinates

N 53° 12' 33.24"   W 008° 51' 26.04"

Nearest town

Kilcolgan

Grid Ref.

M 42737 17990

Map No.

52

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

20

Date of visit

Tuesday 12 June 2018

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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The bullaun stone at the entrance of the church.


The ruins of this church are in an enclosed old graveyard.
Unlike many other churches of the same period, this church retains all its four walls at nearly full height and they are rather intact.

There's a double narrow round-headed window in the east (80°) wall, and similar but smaller windows in all the other walls, just one in each wall.
A pointed arch doorway is in the south wall.
The church shows two different styles of masonry. A lower one where large stone blocks were used, and an upper one where the stones are smaller. This, along with the 13th century windows and other details, suggests an alteration of an earlier church.

Within the church there are some interesting details.
Right inside the doorway, on either sides, there are two stone item. One looks like a small cross base, maybe a timber one. The other item is a bullaun stone. A stone door hinge can be seen high above the doorway.

In the east section, in the south wall, there are a rectangular ambry and a piscina with an ogee ornament. Above them there's a widely splayed window.
A smaller window is in the north wall. Next to this window there's a weird thing, kind of a pocket into one of the stones.

Inside the church there are several burials, a few of them are altar tombs.


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