What is recorded here

Indicated is a ruined ecclesiastical enclosure in County Clare, Ireland. It contains the remains of Templepatrick church, a graveyard and a holed stone. The earthworks stretch across elevated pastureland, marked by a long bank and faint northern traces. Local maps once called it a battle field, though no clear evidence supports that name.

In elevated undulating pastureland with higher ground from SW to N. Indicated and named ‘Battle Field’ on the 1842 and 1920 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. Named ‘earthworks’ on Robinson’s (1977) map. Westropp (1917, 72-3) could find no historical evidence underpinning this traditional name (see redundant record (CL010-126----)). This large, partially preserved ecclesiastical enclosure (est. diam. c. 130m) is defined from S to W by an almost straight linear bank (c. 104m NW-SE; av. Wth 4-8m; H .8-1.9m) of earth, gravel and stone, with a parallel, flat-based fosse (Wth 2-2.5m at base; ext. D 0.9-1.1m). The SE end of the bank was damaged by an ESB pole. Possible traces of the N perimeter were noted by Sheehan (1982, 35) and are visible in satellite imagery (OSi MapGenie 2013-2018) as a N-facing curvilinear scarp (L c. 120m) extending roughly from W to E, its W end c. 38m to the NNE of the straight bank. In the N centre of the ecclesiastical enclosure are the remains of Templepatrick church (CL010-108002-), as well as a graveyard (CL010-108003-), a holed stone (CL010-108005-) and (according to historic OS maps and other sources) the site of a possible leper hospital (CL010-108004-). Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 27 June 2023

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