Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Enclosure
Templemichael, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Templemichael
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.83981, -6.16031
- SMR number
- WI040-067----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in a relatively flat location (c. 85m OD) in a gently undulating landscape characterised by tillage and pastoral farming. Located towards the W boundary of a large field currently in use for tillage purposes (July 2021). Landscape slopes gently upwards from a small unnamed stream located c. 185m to the SW to a highpoint (c. 272m OD) located c. 1.94kms to the NNE. Site located immediately adjacent to the S of the D-shaped enclosure surrounding the ruins of Templemichael Church (WI040-007001-) and its associated graveyard (WI040-007002-), and c. 1.55kms E\ENE of a ring-barrow (WI040-006----) at Ballinakill. This enclosure is visible as a cropmark on Google Earth aerial photograph of the site (July 2021). It consists of a circular feature (ext. dims c. 31.15m N-S x 30.31m E-W) that is defined by a continuous ditch (Wth c. 2.52m) that is largely visible around the entire circuit. No definitive evidence for an entrance gap.
Compiled by: T.J. O'Meara based on details provided by Jean-Charles Caillère
Uploaded on: 29/06/2023
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.