Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveslab
Ballytarsna (hackett), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballytarsna (hackett)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.59109, -7.82827
- SMR number
- TS053-009002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In grassland at S end of N-S ridge of rock outcrop in undulating countryside with good views in all directions, tower house (TS053-006----) 350m to N, moated site (TS053-007----) and ringfort (TS053-008----) 430m to E. Rectangular graveyard enclosed by a rubble limestone wall with medieval church (TS053-009----) N of centre within the graveyard. A 17th-century limestone graveslab (dims. 0.55m x 0.94m; T 0.22m ), now lying on the ground outside the N wall, near the E end of the church, is dedicated to Humphrey Pyke who died in 1682.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.