Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Blackcastle (inishlounaght Par.), County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Blackcastle (inishlounaght Par.)
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yd.
- Coordinates
- 52.38332, -7.83094
- SMR number
- TS076-047001-
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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
On SW-facing slope in undulating terrain, surrounded by rough meadow. Moorstown tower house (TS076-039001-) and bawn (TS076-039002-) visible c. 500m uphill to NNE. Church (TS076-047----) is roughly centrally placed within a small, slightly irregular rectangular graveyard (dims. 40m N-S; 39m E-W). Stone wall with wrought iron gate and stile in E wall. Another architectural frag. on S side of the graveyard W of the last NW row of headstones. It is a jamb (dims. 0.35m x 0.5m; chamfer 0.09m). All legible headstones and others based on their form are 19th and 20th-century date, all N of church. Line of trees along inside N wall of graveyard have been cut. S boundary is defined by hedge with steep earthen bank to S which is also a townland boundary.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Buildingunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.