Английская Википедия:Church Island (Valentia Harbour)
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Irish English Шаблон:Infobox monastery Church Island is a medieval Christian monastery and National Monument located in Valentia Harbour, Ireland. [1]
Location
Church Island is located on a 1-acre (0.4 ha) island in Valentia Harbour, immediately west of Beginish, Шаблон:Convert north of Knightstown.[2]
History
The island was anciently a centre for iron smelting.
The monastery was established in the 7th century AD.[3]
Excavations by M. J. O'Kelly in 1955–56 turned up the remnants of a wooden oratory and a cross inscribed with Ogham.[4][5][6][7] It also gave evidence of the diet of the monks: cod, ballan wrasse, oats, barley, gannet, shag, cormorant, goose, duck, beef, mutton, pork, goat meat, horsemeat and seal.[8]
Description
Contains the remains of a stone oratory, clochán (possibly a hospitium),[9] and holy well.
References
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- Christian monasteries in the Republic of Ireland
- Religion in County Kerry
- Archaeological sites in County Kerry
- National monuments in County Kerry
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