Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On a relatively flat break of a W-facing slope, in pastureland, with a farmyard immediately to the N. St James’ Well (TS062-089----) is located c. 180m to the N and there are two large ringforts (TS062-088----; TS062-097----) c. 260m to the NNE and c. 70m to the SSE respectively. Knockkelly castle (TS062-131001-) is clearly visible on a hill 1.6km to the SSW. The church is in the centre of a roughly rectangular graveyard (TS062-096001-). A ruinous church (dims. 15.4m E-W; 6.8m N-S) which largely survives as a low, grass-covered walls (int. H 0.65m; ext. H 0.7-0.95m; T 1.06m), though a good portion of the W gable survives (H 1.5m; T 1.1m). It is built of roughly coursed small sandstone/sligh rubble. There are a number of headstones erected against the internal face of the W gable, the earliest dating to 1756. A calvary on a concrete plinth has been erected on top of the E gable of the church. Both side walls of the church terminate c. 2.5m from the E gable. According to the OS Letters (O’Flanagan 1930, vol. 2, 156 (445-6)) there was a window near the top of the W gable which was obscured by ivy. There is a chamfered door jamb (dims. 0.23m x 0.165m; chamfer 0.08m) with a diagonal stop, embedded upside down in the graveyard.

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 06 March 2012

References

O'Flanagan, Rev. M. (Compiler) 1930 Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Tipperary collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1840. Bray.