What is recorded here

Grave Yd is a graveyard in Ballinamona (horeabbey Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. It forms the east quadrant of a large enclosure on a north-facing slope in improved pasture. A sub-rectangular area measuring about 40 metres northeast-southwest and 30 metres northwest-southeast is defined by an inner bank, a surrounding ditch and a southern outer bank. Nettles and whitethorn now fill the interior, leaving no visible gravemarkers.

In improved pasture, on a N-facing slope. Forming the E quadrant of a large enclosure (TS060-064001-) this graveyard consists of a sub-rectangular area (dims. c. 40m NE-SW; c. 30m NW-SE) defined by inner bank (overall Wth 3.35-4.35m; Wth at top 0.7-1.2m; int. H 0.45-0.7m; ext. H 0.6-0.95m). One course of kerbing, comprising of large stones (L 0.2-0.3m) defining bank exterior at S-end of E-side and smaller stones (L 0.05m) within. Fosse (overall Wth 3.75m; basal Wth 1.7m; D 0.1m) to E, S and W-side which is best preserved (overall Wth 4.45m; basal Wth 1.9m; D 0.4m) along S-side. Outer bank (overall Wth 3.45m; Wth at top 1.5m; int. H 0.4m; ext. H 0.25m) to S-side. Gap (overall Wth 3m; basal Wth 2m) in inner bank at S. Interior of monument is densely overgrown with nettles and whitethorn. No visible surface trace of any gravemarkers. Field boundary (long-axis ENE-WSW) c. 9m to N. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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