Ecclesiastical enclosure in Whitechurch, County Kildare

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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Shown on the 1st. ed. (1838) of the OS 6-inch map as a long, curving arc of field boundary (est. L c. 200m N-E-SE) which at SE forms the SE limits of a graveyard (KD014-022005-), and contains a possible holy well (KD014-022004-), a medieval fortified church (KD014-022001-) and a baptismal font (KD014-022007-). Visible on a 1971 aerial photograph (CUCAP BGM 76) which also shows a possible associated field system (KD014-022003-) immediately to the NW. Just off the crest at the E end of a low, E-W pasture ridge. The boundary has been removed and even the graveyard which it enclosed has shrunk to the W. Archaeological test-trenching (Licence No. 00E0708: www.archaeology.ie) and subsequent monitoring of topsoil stripping (Licence No. 00E0708 ext.: www.archaeology.ie) associated with a private development 50-80m away, in the adjoining field to the E, revealed nothing of archaeological significance.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KD014-022002

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