What is recorded here
Templemoyle ecclesiastical complex consists of a modern rectangular graveyard 22m N-S, 20.5m E-W. To the N is a sub-rectangular area 12m E-W, 10.4m N-S with a level interior enclosed by a stone wall 1m high (DG004-052001-). There is a possible entrance to the S. E of this is a D-shaped mound (DG004-052008-) of earth and stone, up to 1.5m high and 8m in diameter with its flat edge to the E. Abutting this mound on its W side is a small circular stone foundation (DG004-052002-) 2.2m in diameter. A small stone cross (DG004-052003-) stands in the interior. Nearby, but now destroyed was a holy well (DG004-052004-) and a dallan or pillar stone (DG004-052007-) dedicated to St. Adomnán (Ó Muirgheasa No. 92).
The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
A local fairy fort (ringfort/rath); wider significance not recorded.
The official description records surviving remains. Its missing or destroyed wording refers only to one part of this place or to a different nearby feature. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Visible or partial remains survive
Places near here
Cross in TemplemoyleCross · 9 yd
IndicatedHoly well · 192 yd
St. Patrick's Catholic Churchchurch/chapel · 593 yd
Faherna Cottagehouse · 1100 yd
Carndonagh Early Church GraveyardGraveyard · 3.5 mi
Lag GraveyardGraveyard · 5.0 mi
Doagh Famine VillageMuseum · 5.1 mi
Dough Famine VillageHeritage attraction · 5.1 mi
Five Finger StrandBeach / strand · 5.3 mi
Templemoyle Stone RingfortFairy fort / stone ringfort · 225 yd