Architectural fragment in Churchland

Situated on the NE edge of a ridge on level ground with a short steep drop to the N and E. According to Price (1946, 90-91) this is an early ecclesiastical church (WI043-009001-) and enclosure (WI043-009003-). An architectural fragment, described as a lozenge-shaped trough (dims. c. 0.4m x 0.2m; D 0.2m), may be a stoup (D of depression c. 0.08m). A ruined early nineteenth-century structure with no surviving evidence of an earlier church. A cylindrical block of granite mentioned by Price (1946, 90) lies just outside the SW corner of the church, along with four granite fleur-de-lys which appear to have surmounted the four corner spires of the church. The graveyard contains a large number of mid-eighteenth-century headstones. The church and graveyard lie just S of the centre of a large oval enclosure (WI043-009003-). 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. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 10 October 2012