Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Farrantemple, County Kilkenny, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Farrantemple
- County
- Kilkenny
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Coordinates
- 52.45495, -6.95676
- SMR number
- KK033-031001-
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
On the E-facing slope of a ridge in good grassland, c. 30m E of a church (KK033-032001-) and graveyard (KK033-032002-). Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘Ecclesiastical enclosure, possible’. Indicated on the OS 1st ed 6-inch map and on the 25-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m). Clearly visible on Bing aerial photography (accessed 11 February 2013) as a subcircular area (c. 85m NW-SE; c. 75m SW-NE). Carrigan (1905, 126) refers to this as a large rath, levelled in 1860, and notes the foundations of a castle (KK033-031002-) in the interior. On inspection in 1989 it was found to be enclosed by a degraded bank (Wth 7m; H 0.3m) and external fosse (Wth 5-6m; D 0.4m). A raised area in the S quadrant (max. dims. 12m N-S; 10m E-W) was noted. The adjacent church was built in 1800 on the site of an earlier church (KK033-032001-).
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 12 February 2013
References
Carrigan, Rev. W. 1905 (Reprint 1981) The history and antiquities of the diocese of Ossory, 4 vols. Kilkenny. Roberts Books and Wellbrook Press.
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.