Ecclesiastical enclosure in Killukin (boyle By.)

The parish church of Killukin (RO011-047001-) and its graveyard (RO011-047002-) are situated on the terrace above the NW bank of the SW-NE Killukin River. They are also within a possible D-shaped ecclesiastical enclosure (dims c. 160m WNW-ESE; c. 180m plus NNE-SSW) defined by the line of the original Carrrick-on-Shannon to Elphin road (R368) that curves W of the graveyard and is c. 100m from it SW-NW. This perimeter can be shown to continue S-SW as a feature visible on LiDAR imagery, and this section was confirmed by two remote sensing techniques that identify it as a likely stone-filled ditch (Curran 2016, 9). However, evidence of the line of this enclosure where it would return to the Killukin River NW-NE of the church was not recorded because of extensive disturbance in that area (Curran 2018, 6-8). Evidence of an oval ditched enclosure (dims c. 40m NE-SW; c. 25m NW-SE) recorded in positive magnetometry readings just N of the graveyard was also recovered and may represent an inner sanctum of the early church (Curran 2016, 9). Tober Chonaolanaigh or Connellan's Well (RO011-045----) is c.500m to the SSW. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 8 June 2018