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Holy Cross is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. The graveyard in Holycross is a graveyard within that place. It stands on a gradual SE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, under tillage. The earlier name for the village was Ceall Uachta Lawyne or Lamund, meaning the upper church or small church in the territory of Lamund. A disused nineteenth-century Church of Ireland church stands at the northern end of the village. The graveyard lies to the south of that church. Cropmarks east of the church suggest a large circular or oval enclosure, possibly linked to an earlier Christian site. No trace of that earlier site survives above ground. An excavation at the Church of Ireland building in 2000 found no archaeological features. The place remains a graveyard, set in open farmland, with a church and older shapes remembered rather than seen.

Situated on a gradual SE-facing slope in gently undulating terrain, under tillage. The earlier placename for the village was Ceall Uachta Lawyne or Lamund meaning 'the upper church (or small) church (in the territory) of Lamund' (Stevens 2001). Two widely spaced curving cropmarks were identified on an aerial photograph (ASIAP 43 (10-17) 11/8/96) immediately E of the disused nineteenth-century C of I church at the northern end of the village. These presumably formed the bivallate enclosing element of a large circular or oval enclosure. It is possible that these originally surrounded an Early Christian church (TN047-110002) or monastic site, no trace of which survives above ground. 19th century graveyard to the S of the C. of I church may be on site of earlier graveyard associated with ecclesiastical enclosure (TN047-110001) and possible church site (TN047-110002). In 2000 archaeological excavation at the Church of Ireland building by Paul Stevens revealed no archaeological features. Carried out under licence No. 00E0634 (Bennett 2002, 321-2). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Tipperary. Vol. 1 - North Tipperary' compiled by Jean Farrelly and Caimin O'Brien (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 September 2008

Christian burial ground; medieval to post-medieval period. Likely associated with a now-destroyed or undocumented ecclesiastical site, indicating historical continuity of religious use in the area.

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