What is recorded here

Eighty metres of sacred boundary still circle the grassland east of the Farrantemple church, marking a place where worship and defence likely intertwined before the current building rose in 1800. The earthwork degraded rather than vanished, suggesting humans kept using the land instead of abandoning it. That continuity matters more than a formal label because it preserves the shape of local belief across centuries.

On the E-facing slope of a ridge in good grassland, c. 30m E of a church (KK033-032001-) and graveyard (KK033-032002-). Listed in the RMP (1996) as ‘Ecclesiastical enclosure, possible’. Indicated on the OS 1st ed 6-inch map and on the 25-inch map as a large circular enclosure (diam. c. 80m). Clearly visible on Bing aerial photography (accessed 11 February 2013) as a subcircular area (c. 85m NW-SE; c. 75m SW-NE). Carrigan (1905, 126) refers to this as a large rath, levelled in 1860, and notes the foundations of a castle (KK033-031002-) in the interior. On inspection in 1989 it was found to be enclosed by a degraded bank (Wth 7m; H 0.3m) and external fosse (Wth 5-6m; D 0.4m). A raised area in the S quadrant (max. dims. 12m N-S; 10m E-W) was noted. The adjacent church was built in 1800 on the site of an earlier church (KK033-032001-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney Date of upload: 12 February 2013

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