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Corcoran's Acres

Location
(54°14′3″N, 8°48′48″W)
Corcoran's Acres
G 47 32
pre-1974 traditional (Republic of Ireland) Sligo
now Sligo
medieval not confirmed
  • Hazel Gardiner

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Feature Sets
Description

A small, ruined church next to a graveyard, completely overgrown with ivy. The W wall (the gable survives) has a blocked window and a doorway on the S. The S wall has a window (obscured by ivy) and aumbrey at the E end and what could be a blocked doorway at the E end. Part of a window jamb survives in the E wall. The N wall is missing. To the W of the church is a ruined late-medieval, square tower.

History

Not known.

Features

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

As the structure is incomplete, in poor condition and almost completely obscured by ivy it is not possible to say more than that the size and general form could indicate a church of originally 12thc. date with later additions. There are many loose fragments scattered around the site and moulded fragments, including three-quarter engaged shafts, possibly of 12thc. date have been recorded at this location (Timoney, 2002, 178) but no fragments with carving were apparent at the time of visiting.

Bibliography

M.A. Timoney, 'A Romanesque Sculpture found at Carrowculleen, Skreen, Co. Sligo' in (ed.) M.A. Timoney A Celebration of Sligo; first essays for the Sligo Field Club, Sligo 2002, 178.