Settlement deserted — medieval in Ballynakill (cloncurry Ed),ballyvoneen,cloncurry (ikeathy & Oughterany By., Cloncurry Ed),kilbrook

A borough was established at Cloncurry in the thirteenth century on the site of an important pre-Norman church (KD004-021002-). The precise location and extent of the settlement is debated, but Bradley et al. (1986 vol. 2, 155-67) have identified two probable locations: one in the vicinity of the church (KD004-021005-) and motte (KD004-021003-) and the second (and, in their opinion, possibly the more likely) c. 700m to the S where a cross-base (KD004-021007-) lies. Their principal evidence is the hollow-way (KD004-021008-/KD004-021009-) in the vicinity of the cross, the occurrence of the name 'The Green' in this area on Netterville's 1752 map of Michael Aylmer's Estate, and evidence of settlement along the curving road (hollow way) shown on the same map (NLI Map 21 f. 50(4)). The Manor of Cloncurry comprised the following elements; an early church site (KD004-021002-), a motte (KD004-021003-), an unclassified castle (KD004-021004-), a medieval church (KD004-021005-) and graveyard (KD004-021016-), a friary site (KD004-021006-), a cross-base (KD004-021007-) and a hollow way (KD004-021008-/KD004-021009-). Historical information, including a list of tenants, is recorded in an Extent (or inventory/survey) of the Manor of Cloncurry on November 8th, 1304 (O'Loan 1961, 1-23). Archaeological testing and excavation in advance of the Kinnegad-Enfield-Kilcock Motorway Scheme revealed evidence of possible medieval field boundary ditches (KD004-021013-), possible medieval pits (KD004-021014-) and a possible medieval building (KD004-021015-) in the area. (Killanin and Duignan 1967, 312; Murphy and Holton 1999, 97-106) Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011