Overview
Grave Yard — St. Johnstown is recorded as Graveyard in Tipperary. On flat ground on a valley floor with hills rising to the NE-E-S. The field enclosing the graveyard to the N-E-S is under tillage and there is a farmyard to the W.
Who made it and when
The saved account records: According to the OS letters the graveyard ‘much in use’ was ‘surrounded by a low stone wall partly destroyed on southwest and west sides, where the loose stones are built up in their original situation but without cement’ (O’Flanagan 1930, vol.
How it was made and used
The saved account records: The graveyard is enclosed by a stone wall (H 1.5m) and entered through a gate in the N wall with a stile on either side.
What was found
The saved account records: On flat ground on a valley floor with hills rising to the NE-E-S.
What remains
The saved account records: Before this wall was erected the graveyard appears to have been delineated by a scarp (H 0.95m) which runs 3m inside and roughly parallel with the N and W boundary wall.
Why it mattered
Grave Yard — St. Johnstown matters because the source ties graveyard to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: The field enclosing the graveyard to the N-E-S is under tillage and there is a farmyard to the W.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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