Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ecclesiastical enclosure
Piercefield Or Templeoran, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Piercefield Or Templeoran
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.58003, -7.46228
- SMR number
- WM011-099002-
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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
Swan (1988, 14) recorded that the small enclosure around the graveyard (WM011-099001-) of Templeoran Church (WM011-099----) represented the remains of an Early Christian ecclesiastical enclosure. The post-1700 graveyard boundary is approximately circular in plan and may indicate the line of a monastic enclosure. There are no earthworks visible in the surrounding fields around Templeoran graveyard. The circular shaped of the graveyard is clearly visible on aerial photographs taken in 1971 by Cambridge University (CUCAP BGH109/110).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 25 August 2015
References
Swan, D.L. 1988 The Early Christian ecclesiastical sites of County Westmeath. In J. Bradley (ed.), Settlement and society in Medieval Ireland: studies presented to F.X. Martin O.S.A., 1-31. Kilkenny. Boethius Press.
CUCAP - Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Unit for Landscape Modelling, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge. See:https://www.cambridgeairphotos.com
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.