Church Dating: Grave concern over ancient church's new toilets
ARCHAEOLOGISTS are standing by to supervise the construction of the very first toilets in an ancient church dating back to 1050.St Mary's of the Blessed Virgin in Eastham Village has been awarded £52, 000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund to convert an old lamp room into toilets, kitchen and for other repairs on the building.People in medieval times were buried as close to the church as possible and it is feared excavations could disturb Saxon and early graves - but...
Church Dating: Irish Times: IRT Home News: Farmer demolished part of Clonmacnoise
A farmer pleaded guilty yesterday to demolishing part of the ancient monastic site at Clonmacnoise. Kilcormac District Court was told a wall at the Nun's Church, dating back to 1026, was demolished when Patrick Dillon, Clonmacnoise House, Shannonbridge, was building a cattle shed on July 23rd last year.Mr Dillon was prosecuted by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands after Ms Heather King, an archaeologist with the Department, saw a digger taking down the...
Church Dating: Byzantine church found in new area
Parts of a church dating to the Byzantine era have been uncovered in southern Jordan, an archeologist supervising the excavations said Thursday. "A big mosaic floor, an altar and pillars . . . built between 400 and 600 A.D. have recently been unearthed," archeologist Hamad Qatameen said. He said the church was in Dhat Ras village, 93 miles south of Amman, Jordan's capital. The discovery means "all of Jordan was part of the...
Church Dating: Pomona
Tour of Homes, Church Set
An adobe home built in 1837, a brick church dating from 1911, and four houses built between 1895 and 1929 will be open to visitors Dec. 7 during Pomona Heritage's seventh annual Old Home Tour.The Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N. Garey Ave. is the first church to be included in the tour. The Gothic-style structure, which was refurbished in 1987, houses one of the largest church organs in the region.Also on the tour is the first house built in the Pomona Valley, La Casa...
Church Dating: Western Daily Press: Forgotten church at risk of falling apart
A Beautiful but rundown former church dating back a thousand years, and now used to store tractors, was one of six West historic buildings declared at risk yesterday.They joined 1,430 of the nation's most vulnerable listed buildings already listed by English Heritage. The former Saxon church in Gloucestershire, Timber Lodge on the Blaise Castle Estate, and the Church of St Michael in Bristol were all added. They were joined by the Ragged Castle at Hawkesbury, South...