What is recorded here

Indicated is a C-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure in County Kildare, Ireland, preserving a possible church site and the west limits of a later graveyard beside a motte. Its low earthen bank and shallow outer fosse remain visible across forty-seven metres of gentle slope, though ploughing has cut through the south edge. The opening faces east rather than the motte, suggesting the church and its graveyard occupied the land on their own terms.

On a gentle W-facing slope in tillage, with a motte (KD004-017----) c. 40m to the N. The interior contains a possible church site (KD004-018002-), and incorporates the W limits of a later graveyard (KD004-018003-). A C-shaped area (dims. 47.5m N-S; traceable L 29 E-W), open to the E, is defined by a low, broad, inner earthen bank (Wth 5.1-5.5m; int. H 0.2-0.4m; ext. H 0.8m) and by a shallow, flat-bottomed, outer fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.4m), both of which are truncated by ploughing at S. (It's possible that this feature is part of an 'outer' bailey associated with the motte (KD004-017----) c. 25m to the N, however its orientation 'away' from the motte might suggest otherwise.) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

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