What is recorded here

On a west-facing slope above Lough Ree, two low banks of earth and stone still mark a vast ecclesiastical enclosure spanning nearly two hundred metres. They frame a late-medieval church and graveyard in Glebe, while a straight field boundary cuts the space between Rathcline and Glebe. The banks have been widened, lowered or absorbed into pasture, yet their outline remains visible in the grass. The place suggests a community that shaped the hillside before forgetting the names of its makers.

In pasture on a W-facing slope overlooking Lough Ree. This large enclosure (c. 175m WNW-ESE; c. 140m NNE-SSW) is defined by two low, widely spaced banks of earth and stone. The inner bank (Wth 5.5m; H 0.5m) survives from W-WNW-NW. It has been modified and incorporated into a field boundary at WSW. The distance between this bank and the outer bank is c. 12m. The latter bank, which has also been modified and incorporated into a field boundary, is similar in morphology to the inner bank and it survives from WSW-W-NW. Elsewhere both banks have been levelled but their outlines are identifiable. The enclosure is divided into unequal portions by a NNW-SSW field boundary that marks the boundary between Glebe and Rathcline townlands. Centrally located within it, in Glebe, is a late-medieval church (LF017-013001-) and graveyard (LF017-013004-). (ITA Survey 1944; Cahill 1984, 184-5) Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan, Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 4 June 2013

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