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Religious house - Knights Templars

Templehouse Demesne, County Sligo, Ireland

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Townland
Templehouse Demesne
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.11186, -8.58509
SMR number
SL033-026007-

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David 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

According to Gwynn and Hadcock (1970, 330-31), there was a Knights Templers foundation at Templehouse. The evidence indicates that Temple House Castle (SL033-026001-) and its lands formed a preceptory and manor belonging to the Knights Templar from some time before 1271 to the order’s suppression in 1312 (O’Conor and Nassens 2016, 127).There is a complex of ruinded monuments at this location (see SL033-026001-; SL033-026002-; SL033-026003-; SL033-026004-) including the base of an early medieval high cross (SL033-026005-) lying on the ground within the hall-house (SL033-026001-). (Ó Muraíle 2002, 240 n. 24; Egan et al. 2005, no. 2671)

Revised by: Paul Walsh

Revised date of upload: 14 December 2015

References

Ó Muraíle, N. 2002 Downing's description of county Sligo, c. 1684. In M.A. Timoney (ed.), A celebration of Sligo: first essays for Sligo Field Club, 231-42. Sligo Field Club.

Egan, U., Byrne, E., Sleeman, M. 2005 Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo, Vol. 1: South Sligo. Dublin. Stationery Office.

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