Forgotten Stones

Ancient Church Sites of the Burren and Environs

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Antiquities & Archaeology, History, Medieval
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Author: Averil Swinfen ISBN: 9781843513247
Publisher: The Lilliput Press Publication: January 1, 1992
Imprint: The Lilliput Press Language: English
Author: Averil Swinfen
ISBN: 9781843513247
Publisher: The Lilliput Press
Publication: January 1, 1992
Imprint: The Lilliput Press
Language: English

This guide to the 'forgotten stones' of early ecclesiastical sites and buildings is a lovingly detailed record of 82 churches secreted in the hundred-odd square miles of the Burren, a primeval limestones region of north County Clare, one heavily populated, encapsulating Ireland's Christian heritage. The physical remains and state or preservation of each church are carefully described, as are features of archeological and historic interest - altars, bullauns, carvings, crosses, sheela-na-gigs, wells - and accretions of legend and tradition. Over 120 photographs, a map and drawings, speak eloquently of the riches and reversals of a millenium of worship, remarkably concentrated in this luminous, compelling landscape.

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This guide to the 'forgotten stones' of early ecclesiastical sites and buildings is a lovingly detailed record of 82 churches secreted in the hundred-odd square miles of the Burren, a primeval limestones region of north County Clare, one heavily populated, encapsulating Ireland's Christian heritage. The physical remains and state or preservation of each church are carefully described, as are features of archeological and historic interest - altars, bullauns, carvings, crosses, sheela-na-gigs, wells - and accretions of legend and tradition. Over 120 photographs, a map and drawings, speak eloquently of the riches and reversals of a millenium of worship, remarkably concentrated in this luminous, compelling landscape.

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