Church

The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on a low knoll on a marked E-facing valley slope. The OS Letters (O'Flanagan 1928, 16) describe a church here with some graves to the E. The only visible internal feature, however, is a stony bank (L 3.5m; Wth 2m; H 0.8m) running NW-SE at the S end of the knoll summit. An oval enclosure (dims. c. 30m NW-SE; c. 20m NE-SW) defined SE-W-N by an earthen bank (Wth 2.5-3.4m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1-1.3m) and by an internal fosse for a short stretch at N (Wth 2m; D 0.6m) surrounds the site, truncated by a modern boundary wall at the NE beyond which is a steep slope. A gap at SSE (Wth 3.5m) is approached by a rough ramp and may be the original entrance. No evidence of grave-markers.
A series of test trenches opened in 2007 immediately to the E in advance of the construction of a dwelling (Excavation Licence 07E0441), did not reveal anything of archaeological significance (Nelis 2010, 556)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of revision: 14 December 2012

Revised by: Claire Breen

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1928 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Wicklow collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1838. Bray.

Nelis D. 2010 Quill Road, Kilmurry North. In I. Bennett (Ed.) Excavations 2007: summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 556 (No. 2013). Bray. Wordwell.