Graveyard in Ballytarsna, County Tipperary

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What is recorded here

In grassland at S end of N-S ridge of rock outcrop in undulating countryside with good views in all directions, tower house (TS053-006----) 350m to N, moated site (TS053-007----) and ringfort (TS053-008----) 430m to E. Rectangular graveyard (int. dims. 32m N-S; 26m E-W) enclosed by a rubble limestone wall (H c. 2m) with medieval church (TS053-009----) N of centre in the graveyard. The graveyard wall contains 18th and 19th-century memorials. There is a 17th-century graveslab (TS053-009002-) outside the N wall near the E end of the church.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TS053-009001

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