Church (in Ruins)

Named 'Templecarragh' on Noble and Keenan's 1752 Map of County Kildare, and 'Temple Carragh' (in ruins) on Taylor's 1782 map of the county. At the N end of a short, low, N-S pasture ridge. A very poorly preserved, rectangular structure (int. dims. L 8.3m E-W; Wth 4.1m) is built of randomly coursed limestone blocks and flags. The thick walls (av. T 1m) are almost levelled (max. H 1.6m) and a rubble-filled gap (Wth 1.4m) to W of centre in the N wall may be the site of the original doorway. Windows do not survive, but gaps in the E gable wall (Wth 1.5m) and near the W end of the S wall (Wth 1.6m) mark their locations. A single, chamfered quoin is visible on the external SE angle. A grass covered, raised, rectangular area, running E from the E gable (L 7.4m E-W), defined by a scarp (H 0.8m) may be the remains of an associated structure, although it appears unlikely to have been a chancel. Fitzgerald (1905, 355) noted the occurrence of human bones at the site, suggesting a possible graveyard (KD019-029001-). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

A local church or high cross; wider significance not recorded.