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Temple Cronan
53.0464° N, -9.0611° E
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Temple Cronan is a ruined medieval oratory or chapel built near a holy well in the Burren, County Clare, Ireland. The current building apparently dates from the 12th and 15th centuries, although it may partly incorporate earlier buildings or some of the masonry thereof. It may have been the site of an early Christian monastery. Temple Cronan is located in the civil parish of Carran, eight miles from Corofin and about sixteen miles from Ennis.
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Possible foundation
7th century
12th-century rebuilding
12th century
15th-century renovation
15th century
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