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Church

Rathcoun, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Church, Rathcoun, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Rathcoun
County
Tipperary South
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Site of Templemovee
Latest-edition OS map
Templemovee (Site of)
Coordinates
52.49819, -7.92093
SMR number
TS060-107002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

The church was depicted as a rectangular structure (dims. c. 12m E-W; c. 4m N-S) on the 1st (1840) ed. OS 6-inch map and described 'Site of Templemovee'. A possible monastery (TS060-107003-), a holy well (TS060-107004-), castle (TS060-107001-) and enclosures (TS060-107005-; TS060-107006-) are located c. 100m to the NW. A group of barrows (TS060-107007- to TS060-107010-) and a cairn (TS060-107011-) have been identified c. 40-125m to the WNW and NW. The church is located on the N side of a small, disused field densely overgrown with nettles and briars, but there is now no visible trace of it above ground. The area appears to have been quarried to a depth of c. 2.6m. Cahill (1982) states that this area 'immediately behind farmhouse ['Rathcoun Hall'] has been greatly interfered with by agricultural activity and dumping.'

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Cahill, M. 1982 The archaeology of the Barony of Middlethird, Co. Tipperary. Unpublished M. A. thesis.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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