Ruin sights in Aran Islands
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Na Seacht dTeampaill
Past Kilmurvey is the perfect Clochán na Carraige, an early-Christian stone hut that stands 2.5m tall, and various small early-Christian ruins known rather inaccurately as the Na Seacht dTeampaill, comprising a couple of ruined churches, monastic houses and some fragments of a high cross from the 8th or 9th century.
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Teampall Bheanáin
The ruins of numerous stone churches trace the island's monastic history. To the southeast, near Cill Éinne Bay, is the early-Christian Teampall Bheanáin.
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Teampall Chiaráin
The ruins of numerous stone churches trace the island's monastic history. The small Teampall Chiaráin, with a high cross in the churchyard, is near Kilronan.
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St Enda's Monastery
Near the airstrip are the sunken remains of a church; the spot where it's located is said to have been the site of St Enda's Monastery in the 5th century.
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