Labbamolaga
Labbamolaga ( Irish Leaba Molaige - German "Molagas bed" , English St. Molaga's Bed ) in the townland of Labbamolaga Middle ( Leaba Molaga Láir ), northwest of Mitchelstown in County Cork near the border with County Limerick in Ireland , is a to St. Molaga from Monastery named Timoleague. The remains of two red sandstone churches, mostly less than 1.0 m high, lie within a dry stone wall .
Oratorio
The oratory , the smaller church to the south, has ante and a west door made from one block with a separate lintel . The "St. Fanchan's Candlestick ”was placed at St Fanahan's College in Mitchelstown.
Parish church
The larger church in the north of the oratory is about 11.8 m long, 7.2 m wide and rectangular with a secondary part at the eastern end. Both areas have south portals. The original masonry and plinth at the base of the south wall suggest that the church was Romanesque but was in ruins in the 16th century. The entrance cannot be original. The western wall was rebuilt.
Cross stone
Between the churches there is a cross stone about 1.4 m high and 1.0 m wide with a ring cross on the west side and a simple cross on the east side. Both crosses are designed as a relief and largely cover the available space. A number of “ curse stones ” were found on the site and were seized .
Labbamolaga standing stones
The four stones are in a field immediately south of the Labbamolaga monastery ( Lage ). It is not certain whether these stones are part of a Bronze Age stone circle or the remains of a row of stones , the missing stones of which were used in the construction of the door of the oratory.
literature
- Peter Harbison : Guide to the National Monuments in the Republic of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan, Dublin 1992, ISBN 0-7171-1956-4 , pp. 19, 59.
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 38.7 " N , 8 ° 20 ′ 51.5" W.