Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Church
Jigginstown, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Jigginstown
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Church
- Latest-edition OS map
- Church (in Ruins)
- Coordinates
- 53.21706, -6.68762
- SMR number
- KD019-029----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
Named 'Templecarragh' on Noble and Keenan's 1752 Map of County Kildare, and 'Temple Carragh' (in ruins) on Taylor's 1782 map of the county. At the N end of a short, low, N-S pasture ridge. A very poorly preserved, rectangular structure (int. dims. L 8.3m E-W; Wth 4.1m) is built of randomly coursed limestone blocks and flags. The thick walls (av. T 1m) are almost levelled (max. H 1.6m) and a rubble-filled gap (Wth 1.4m) to W of centre in the N wall may be the site of the original doorway. Windows do not survive, but gaps in the E gable wall (Wth 1.5m) and near the W end of the S wall (Wth 1.6m) mark their locations. A single, chamfered quoin is visible on the external SE angle. A grass covered, raised, rectangular area, running E from the E gable (L 7.4m E-W), defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) may be the remains of an associated structure, although it appears unlikely to have been a chancel. Fitzgerald (1905, 355) noted the occurrence of human bones at the site, suggesting a possible graveyard (KD019-029001-).
Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 10 June 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Gatehouseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.