Archaeology Notes

Event ID 663443

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH78NE 18 7976 8969

See also NH78NE 26.

(NH 7976 8969) The parish church of St Barr or Finbarr mentioned in 1223 stood in the eastern part of the present Cathedral yard, the site being commemorated in the name Templebar.

It is not known if the church survived as the parish church after the building of the Cathedral in the early 13th century, but the fact that the building was not removed until the early 17th century suggests that it may have done. About this time the Cathedral was partially restored to serve as the parish church. The graveyard was known until at least the 16th century as St. Finbarr's.

About 1926 foundations were uncovered during grave-digging, but these may have belonged to the Tolbooth (NH78NE 26) which stood on or very near the site from 1730 - 1818.

Orig Paroch Scot 1855; C D Bentinck 1926.

No trace. The foundations observed about 1926 are locally believed to have been those of the church, at approx. the grid reference given.

Visited by OS (A A) 31 March 1971.