What is recorded here

Grave Yd. is a graveyard in Ballintemple (rathcool Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. It occupies the top of a hill in undulating pastureland, forming a roughly rectangular area 55 metres east to west and 31 metres north to south. A church fills the northern portion, while a stone wall encloses the rest and keys into the church angles. Headstones concentrate on raised ground immediately south of the church, with the earliest noted date at 1776 and the last apparent burial in 2001.

On top of a hill in undulating pastureland. Rathcool motte (TS070-008---) is located 350m to the N and Rathcool castle (TS070-007001-) and possible 17th-century house (TS070-007002-) are located c. 390m to the N. Barrettstown Castle is visible 2km to the SSW. A church (TS070-009----) occupies the northern portion of this roughly rectangular graveyard (dims. 55m E-W; 31m N-S) which is enclosed by a stone wall. The public road runs along the outside of the E wall and the entrance is by gate and stile at the S end of the E wall. Five of the stepping stones of the stile appear to be re-used corbels from the church, with at least one other corbel embedded in the top of the wall. There is a Calvary just inside the gate. The graveyard wall has been keyed into and extends W from the NW angle of the church and E from the NE angle of the church. The graveyard wall runs for c. 7m W of the NW angle before turning S for 21m and then returning eastward. The headstones are concentrated on raised ground immediately S of the church, and date mainly from the late 18th and 19th centuries. The earliest noted dates to 1776. The last burial appears to have been in 2001. There are a lot of headstones within the church interior, the latest visible dating to 1951/1953. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 6 March 2012

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