Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On gradual N-facing slope in pasture. The church and 'churchyard' are mentioned in the Civil Survey of 1654-6 (Simington 1934, vol. 2, 18). The church is located in the S quadrant of a large, roughly oval enclosure (TS068-087001-), a portion of which, including the church, has been fenced off to form a smaller graveyard. This area is heavily overgrown with trees and scrub. The church (dims. 10.8m surviving E-W; 6.4m N-S) is composed largely of sandstone rubble, with some limestone, and is heavily ivy covered. Only the E gable (H above int. 1.8m), the return (L 0.9m) at the NE angle, the return (L 0.46m; T 0.92m; H above ext. 2.2m) at the SE angle and two short lengths of the S wall (L c. 2m and c. 0.8m) survive. The centre of the E gable, which would have contained a window, has completely collapsed. The church has not significantly altered since visited by the OS c. 1840, though the OS Letters do mention that the E window, of which only the S side then remained, had been pointed and that the quoins, which are now totally obscured, are of cut sandstone (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 3, 61).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

References

Simington, R.C. (ed.) 1934 The Civil survey, AD 1654-1656. Vol. II: county of Tipperary - Western and Northern baronies. Dublin. Irish Manuscripts Commission.

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.