The name Templeorum itself is suggestive, deriving from the Irish "Teampall Óir", meaning Church of Gold, a placename that hints at early ecclesiastical significance in the area, though whether the earthwork has any connection to that history is not currently documented in available sources.

Earthworks as a category cover a wide range of ancient constructions, from the ditched enclosures that once surrounded ringforts and settlement sites, to the raised platforms of mottes built by Norman lords, to the boundary works of medieval land management. Without more detailed survey information, it is not possible to say which tradition this particular feature belongs to, or what period it dates from. Kilkenny as a county has layers of prehistoric, early Christian, and medieval activity folded into its landscape, and earthworks of all kinds surface regularly in its fields and margins, some commanding immediate attention, others requiring close reading of the ground to fully understand. This one, for now, remains in the category of the quietly unresolved.