Myshall, Carlow

I Location

Site Location: Myshall
National Grid Reference: 19 S.82.60
County: Carlow
Dedication: not confirmed
Type of building/monument: Church (ruin)

II General Description

: W doorway, nave.

Small ruined church built of roughly coursed large granite blocks, measuring c. 11 x 5.7 m internally. The W wall and W part of the N wall stand to c. 4 m, while the rest of the N wall, E wall and S wall are c. 1 m high.

III Exterior Features

1. Doorways

(i) W doorway, nave.

Round-headed, of one order, with slightly inclined jambs. The jambs have angle roll and traces of a narrow wedge. Chamfered plinth. Rounded impost mouldings. The arch has a narrower angle roll .

Dimensions

h. of opening	2.19 m
w. at base	0.79 m (0.87 m above)

chamfered plinth
w. at top of jambs below impost	0.84 m
w. between impost mouldings	0.78 m

VII History

VIII Comments/Opinions

The doorway and W wall appear to have been repaired with cement pointing. The doorway is not coursed with the wall and could be a Romanesque insert in an earlier church. The interior of the doorway has traces of a rebate around the arch and jambs and a slot for a bolt or bar on the walls on each side of the door opening.

IX Bibliography

H. G. Leask, Irish Churches and Monastic Buildings, Dundalk, 1955, I, 83.