Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Castlefarm (nethercross By., Kilsallaghan Ed), County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Castlefarm (nethercross By., Kilsallaghan Ed)
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 53.47628, -6.31777
- SMR number
- DU011-011003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
There are traces of a flat wide embankment NW of the church outside the graveyard wall (Wth.7m, H 0.40m) which is probably the remains of an ecclesiastical enclosure, suggesting a pre-Norman date for this site. Swan (1971) identified further traces of it ; a double enclosure that extends from the SW to the NE near the curving roadway which runs adjacent to St David's church. An aerial study established the presence of a low curving bank enclosing the churchyard to the N and E (Clinton 2005, 36). Visible on Bird's Eye view on Bing Maps. Has been fenced off for horse enclosure-area completely poached.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Update by: Christine Baker
Date of upload: 02 January 2015
References
Clinton, M. 2005 The history and archaeology of the parish of Kilsallaghan. Past, present and future. Kilsallaghan Residents Heritage Association.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Battlefieldunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.