Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Rathangan (rathangan Ed), County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathangan (rathangan Ed)
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22472, -6.97823
- SMR number
- KD017-039----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Although not recorded on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps, the monument is depicted on two earlier maps: it is shown as a church named 'Tamplenasonagh' on Noble and Keenan's 1752 Map of County Kildare, and named 'Temple Summogh' on Taylor's 1783 map of the county. On low-lying callows, c. 60m S of the SW-flowing Slate River, and skirted along the N by a curving mill race. A low, tree-covered, oval, earthen mound (ext. diams. 41.5m E-W; 28.5m N-S; H 1.1-2m) is retained at the base by a low, mortared wall (H 0.6m) of roughly coursed limestone flags and blocks, which survives best at E, SW and W, and by a shallow, outer ditch (Wth 1.9m; D 0.3m) E-NW. The level upper surface (diams. 19m E-W; 7m N-S) is tree-clad and there is no visible surface trace of the church.
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.