Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Mortlestown (mortlestown Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mortlestown (mortlestown Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 52.40397, -7.87225
- SMR number
- TS076-027003-
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
Church (TS076-027001-) roughly centrally placed in a irregularly shaped graveyard (dims. Approx. 50m N-S; 52m E-W), on an E facing slope in gently undulating terrain with pasture surround the graveyard. Graveyard under lush grass at time of inspection. All visible headstones are of 18th-century date and are placed to S of the church, with only one exception to E of church. Along external N face of the surviving wall architectural fragments have been placed, all limestone. These consist of chamfered jambs from doors or windows and the curving headstones of a doorway, with chamfered edge; broken ogee-head of window with plain chamfer. Rubble has been dumped at E end of this wall and the whole is grass-covered obscuring the original wall width. Internal wall face of S wall survives up to two courses high. Incorporated in the inner face of the W gate pier at the entrance to the graveyard is a chamfered jamb, no doubt from the church. The enclosing stone wall is surmounted and largely obscured by thorn bushes.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.