Why this matters
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
Overview
Ecclesiastical enclosure in Templescoby is recorded as Ecclesiastical enclosure in Wexford. Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope. The name ‘Templescoby’ occurs on the Down Survey (1656) county, barony and parish maps as a townland name in Rosdrehide parish.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: c. 310m N-S) defined by two fosse features placed c. 8m apart that can be traced only on Google Earth (14/07/2018) curving S-NNW, and its course might be traced in other features E-S.
What was found
The saved account records: An early church seems to have been established here, and there are local traditions of a monastery, a burial ground (IFC: Schools Collection vol.
What remains
The saved account records: The name ‘Templescoby’ occurs on the Down Survey (1656) county, barony and parish maps as a townland name in Rosdrehide parish.
Why it mattered
Ecclesiastical enclosure in Templescoby matters because a belief or tradition is tied to this exact place and forms part of its local memory. The source records: An early church seems to have been established here, and there are local traditions of a monastery, a burial ground (IFC: Schools Collection vol. The tradition is kept as a recorded belief; it is not silently turned into literal fact.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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