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In 1275 the Chapel of Gilltown joined the Cistercian Monastery at Baltinglass, turning a small church into an engine for a large grange that still stood in 1531. By 1630 the church was downe, and now only an overgrown graveyard and uneven stony ground remain beside the living land. That absence is not a failure of memory; it is a invitation to picture the chapel, its users and the ordinary traffic of faith that filled the place before it vanished.

In an overgrown graveyard (KD029-016001-). In 1192 Inchbrislane [Gilltown] and Brannockstown [KD029-013----] were granted with Domnachmor (Yagae) [KD029-013----] to St. Patrick's. … In 1275, the Chapel of Gilltown or Kilton, alias Inchebrislane, belonged to the Cistercian Monastery at Baltinglass, which had a Magna Grangia [monastic grange] here in 1531 (IHS 1941, 39-40). The church is described as 'downe' in 1630, at the time of Bulkeley's Visitation (IHS 1941b, 80). The church has been levelled and a patch of uneven stony ground may mark it site. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 06 September 2013

The site of the church at Gilltown was likely established in the late 12th or early 13th century, possibly as a chapel of ease or satellite to a larger ecclesiastical foundation such as St. Patrick's. Its dedication and specific builder are not recorded, but it appears to have been part of a broader network of religious sites in the region during the medieval period.

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