Ecclesiastical enclosure in Killybegs Demesne

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What is recorded here

In open, level pasture. A large, poorly preserved, D-shaped area (diam. c. 65m N-S) with a straight S side (L c. 60m) truncated by a road, is defined by a low, inner earthen bank (Wth 2.9m at S-4.9m at E; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 1.2m), and a shallow outer fosse (Wth 1.8-2.2m; D 0.4-0.7m). A shallow modern drain (Wth 1.1-1.8m; D 0.2-0.4m) runs along the internal base of the bank. There is a low, sub rectangular platform (dims. L 33m E-W; Wth 25m; H 0.3-0.8m) at the centre of the interior upon which there is a church (KD013-019002-). The interior also contains a graveyard (KD013-019003-) and is the site of a religious house of the Knight's Hospitallers (KD013-019001-).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD013-019005

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JP, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
Royalcanalrunner, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Littlejohnyprosperous at English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
George Cruikshank, Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Caragh Gaelic Football Club website; individual photographer not named, www.caraghgfc.com
Maker not stated on source page, monumentalireland.ie
Maker not stated on source page, www.kildareheritage.com
Maker not stated on source page, readymap.irish
Clane GAA / ClubZap; individual aerial photographer not stated, dashboard.clubzap.com

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