12 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 
V.—Own A Bronze Bett anp Scutpturep Heap or STONE, AND OTHER 
ANTIQUITIES FOUND IN THE CuuRcH oF KnockaTEmPuL, Co. WickLow. 
Described by W. Frazer, F.R.C.S.I., M.R.I.A. With an Illus- 
tration. 
[Read May 26, 1879]. 
Mr. Henry Kzoen, of Roundwood House, Co. Wicklow, made some 
time ago a careful exploration of the old ruined church of Knocka- 
tempul, and by his kind permission I am enabled to lay before the 
Academy the result of his discoveries there, which are of considerable 
interest. This church is situated in the parish of Newcastle, Co. 
Wicklow, near Roundwood, and in the vicinity of the Vartry Water 
Reservoir, There appear to be no reliable records of its foundation 
or destruction, which is so complete that its walls were level to the 
ground, and what remained of it required to be cleared out of clay and 
rubbish for two or three feet before the flooring was reached. It must 
have been a large building, 50 feet long and 26 feet wide, with 
two side aisles 9 feet wide in the clear, and 26 feet in length, which 
from the plan may have been of later erection than the church itself. 
It was disposed east and west, and the door, which was on the south 
side, was 4 feet in width. The aisles as well as the central portion 
of the church were paved with large flat stones, and in one of the 
aisles to the northward was what Mr. Keogh conjectures to be the 
remains of a stone altar situated in the east of the building; but he 
could find no trace of an altar in the body of the church itself. Un- 
derneath the pavement of both the aisles he found rude stone en- 
closures for sepulchres, composed of flagstones containing human 
remains, and in one of them was a rough stone hammer which I have 
not seen. 
The church walls were composed of undressed field stones imbed- 
ded in hard mortar, a few of the stones having their corners roughly 
hammered; the doors and windows appear to have been dressed with 
a yellowish freestone, similar to the material in which the head now 
exhibited is carved. Mr. Keogh fancied that the freestone work might 
possibly be later than the original building, but this seems doubtful. 
The large square-shaped bronze bell, which is also shown, mea- 
sures 12 inches high, and 8 inches across. It was found at the east 
end of the church, about two feet under the surface, near the posi- 
tion the altar would occupy. It had a handle, which was broken 
off by the workmen in excavating it, and which I understand is 
forthcoming. They also damaged one part of the top of the bell with 
a pickaxe. Mr. Keogh has polished a corner of it, and it consists of 
fine bronze made in two portions, the halves being rivetted together. 
The head carved in freestone is a work of good execution, and is 
very interesting from the disposition of the hair and tonsure. The 
