2019:133 - KILLALA, Mayo

Following predevelopment testing a small green field area was monitored during the construction of the Killala Inner Relief Road. It ran beside the remains of a holy well (MA022-17002) within an area of archaeological constraint associated with ecclesiastical remains. Two architectural fragments were uncovered in a post-medieval fill. One was the top stone of a narrow slit, round-headed window. The second was decorative, made of polished limestone. Both may have originated from the seventeenth-century building referred to as the Bishops Palace which was destroyed in the 1950’s but was located across the road from the development.

Alternatively the window fragment, carved from sandstone, may be from an earlier church formerly located in the Cathedral grounds.