Camma

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Site Location
Camma
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Roscommon now Roscommon
Dedication
medieval not confirmed
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Hazel Gardiner

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Feature Sets
Description

A ruined, single-cell church. Romanesque sculpture is found on the exterior E window.

History

Gwynne and Hadcock list Camma as an early monastery for nuns in an appendix of early sites, thought to have existed before the 11thc.

Killanin and Duignan note that the church is on the site of 'Cammach Brighde, one of the principle monasteries of Ui Maine.'

Features

Exterior Features

Windows

Comments/Opinions

Killanin and Duignan record Camma as a simple, early church with transitional and later additions.

Bibliography

A. Gwynn and R.N. Hadcock, Medieval Religious Houses: Ireland, 1970, London, 375.

M. Killanin and M. Duignan, The Shell Guide to Ireland. London, 1962, 2nd ed. 1967, 125.