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Freestanding belfry, built 1798, on a square plan originally forming part of larger composition with remainder of church dismantled, post-1903. Limestone ashlar walls on painted rendered buttressed base having cut-stone date stone/plaque, and battlemented parapet supporting round-headed buttressed bellcote (with…

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Freestanding belfry, built 1798, on a square plan originally forming part of larger composition with remainder of church dismantled, post-1903. Limestone ashlar walls on painted rendered buttressed base having cut-stone date stone/plaque, and battlemented parapet supporting round-headed buttressed bellcote (with round-headed aperture having cast-iron bell, carved stringcourse to spring of arch, and ball finial to apex). Set back from road.(ii) Graveyard to site with various cut-stone markers, post-1798-present.(iii) Gateway, post-1798, to north comprising pair of tooled limestone ashlar piers with cut-limestone stepped capping, and wrought iron double gates.
An elegant belfry forming an appealing landmark in the outskirts of Piltown while surviving of particular importance as evidence of a long-standing ecclesiastical presence on site: one which predated Catholic Emancipation (1829) by a considerable period of time, thereby indicating the religious tolerance in the locality in the late eighteenth century. An attendant graveyard containing a number of markers of design distinction contributes significantly to the group and setting values of the site.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 12325025

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • A.-K. D., Wikimedia Commons · CC0
  • Olivier BEZES, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
  • Andy Ryan / 1803 Productions, credited by Kilkenny GAA, kilkennygaa.ie
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