Church

The National Monuments Service's description

On the crest of a natural rise in gently undulating terrain, both tillage and pasture in the surrounding fields. The church is positioned close to the road on the N side of a graveyard (TS081-010003-) which may form part of a larger enclosure (TS081-010002-). The church (dims. 18.4m x 8.65m) is aligned E-W and constructed of limestone masonry, roughly coursed. The E gable is in good condition and is fully intact, though ivy clad. The N wall (H 2.2m above int.; H 3m above ext.; Wth c. 1m) is heavily ivy clad, as is the S wall, though a section towards the W end has collapsed. The W wall has completely collapsed, but the wall-footings are visible. In the E gable there are two single-light windows, the heads obscured by ivy, but according to the OS Letters the windows were 'shamrockheaded' which implies a cusped-ogee or trefoil-headed window (O'Flanagan 1930, vol.1, 14). The interior ground level is raised above the exterior. Towards the W end of the N wall there is a broken-out section of masonry (Wth 0.85m), possibly a broken-out narrow single-light window with a crude relieving arch above it. A portion of the S wall near the E gable only survives to c. 0.8m above the interior and there may have been a window at this point. The doorway is likely to have been towards the W end of the S wall, where there is a broken-out gap in the masonry. According to the OS Letters there was a 'rude doorway in the north wall', but this does not correspond to the surviving evidence (O'Flanagan 1930, vol. 1, 14).

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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.