Ecclesiastical enclosure

The National Monuments Service's description

Depicted on the 1841 ed. OS 6-inch map as a square-shaped earthwork which is annotated 'Templeone' which may suggest the site of a church. Church site (KE029-042001) located 240m to WSW. Hickson (1880, 362-3) recorded that 'Lismore House occupying part of its site; a little to the east of the house are the ruins of two or three tiny oratories or churches (KE029-042001-), and a well called Tubbernataggart, i.e. "the priest's well"; but the grass-grown foundations, with a few scattered stones, are all that remain of the former, since an enterprising Scotch (Lowland) farmer carted away the rest of the sacred buildings a few years ago to build his fences, although there was a limestone quarry near at hand'. Listed by Hurley (1979, 93) as 'Templeone' as an early church site.
In pasture, on moderate N facing slope with good views. Raised sub-circular shaped area (dims. c. 39m N-S x 33m E-W ) enclosed by an earthen bank (top Wth 0.6m; int. H 1.1m; ext. H 1.3m) with entrance gap (Wth 3.1m) at NNW. Interior slopes slightly to N. A raised sub-rectangular shaped area (dims. 11.75m x 9.2m) is visible in NE side of interior built against the base of the enclosing bank, which could be the remains of a possible church site. Outline of earthwork clearly visible on Digital Globe orthoimage taken between 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages.

See attached Google Earth orthoimages

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of upload: 15 June 2022

References

Hurley, V. 1979 The distribution, origins and development of temple as a church name in the south-west of Ireland. Journal of the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society 84, 74-94.

Hickson, M.A. 1880 Notes on Kerry Topography, Ancient and Modern, with Extracts from the Unpublished Desmond Survey and Inquisition (Continued). The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland, 349-64.