Building in Kilbarry

In undulating terrain which slopes gently to the N and SE, at the W edge of a broad marshy basin. Within a former manorial centre associated with the preceptory of the Knights Templar (WA017-003001-) (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 330). A rectangular medieval building, or perhaps two buildings (dims. c. 14m NE-SW; c. 4m NW-SE), identified during archaeological excavations (licence no. 18E0613) in advance of a housing development (Pollock 2021, 22-5, 56). Cut into the hillslope forming a shelf which survives in two sections, both filled with silt and concentrations of charcoal and respected by a drain (ibid. 22, 24). Four sherds of 13th-century Waterford-type A pottery and a sherd of Ham Green B (1175-1250) were recovered from the fill of the drain (ibid. 25). Charcoal from the drain provided a C14 date range of 1046-1221, with a 75.8% probability of being towards the later end, 1123-1221 (ibid. 25, 56). Another medieval building (WA017-003010-) is located c. 35m to the SE and Kilbarry church (WA017-003001-) and graveyard (KK017-003002-) lie c. 100m to the SE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 May 2021