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- Collection: The Medieval Rural Settlement Project
This sculpted hexagonal shaft once stood in Rathoath Church, Co. Meath, but it was moved to St. Patrick's Cathedral, Trim. It is one of the finest pieces of stone carving from medieval Ireland.
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Esker Church, Co. Dublin: there may have been a priest’s residence over the west end of the church.
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The church at Mainham, Co. Kildare, was built on a site overlooking the Gollymochy River. The present building, which has undergone extensive reconstruction, consists of a long nave and an unusual square tower with four protruding corner turrets.
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The church at Cloncurry, Co. Meath, viewed from the top of the motte. The bell-cote is probably a fifteenth-century addition to a gable that has a slight base batter.
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The church at Oughterard, Co. Kildare, was fitted with a bell-cote (now largely missing), despite the fact that there was a round tower just ten metres from it.
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The residential tower at Leixlip Church, Co. Kildare.
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The interior of the church beside Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin, looking west.
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St Mary’s Church, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow.
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The taller of the two granite crosses at Ballymore Eustace Church, Co. Kildare.
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Laraghbryan Church, Co. Kildare, from the southeast.
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The round tower at Swords, Co. Dublin, is the most visible reminder of the pre-Anglo-Norman church at this site. The square tower beside it was probably built in the fifteenth century.
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St Kevin’s Church, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow, in 2009, from the south-east.
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Kiltiernan Church, Co. Dublin, is associated with St Tignernán and is one of the oldest surviving churches in the Dublin region.
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The builders of the late medieval tower at the church in Lusk, Co. Dublin, constructed a circular turret at three corners of the new tower. It was built in such a way that the existing round tower (back left) fits neatly into the fourth corner.
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The early medieval granite cross in the graveyard at Newcastle Lyons, Co. Dublin significantly pre-dates the present church, much of which was built in the fifteenth century.
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There are almost 300 churches of medieval date in the Dublin region, including parish churches, subsidiary churches and chapels of ease.
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The 233 parishes in the Dublin region. Many of the parish boundaries follow natural topographic features such as rivers and streams.
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Distribution of moated sites in the Dublin region.
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Distribution of towns and boroughs in the Dublin region.
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Distribution of betaghs and cottars mentioned in documentary sources c.1200–1360. Numbers of betaghs are rarely given in manorial extents while cottars are frequently named and counted.
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