Survey Data
Reg No
15401112
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Archaeological, Architectural, Artistic, Social
Previous Name
Templcross Burying Ground
Original Use
Graveyard/cemetery
Historical Use
Church/chapel
In Use As
Graveyard/cemetery
Date
1550 - 1880
Coordinates
233930, 260940
Date Recorded
05/11/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached ruins of late medieval church on rectangular plan with two-stage tower (with barrel vaulted basement) attached to west end, built c.1575, set in later graveyard with mainly nineteenth century grave markers. Now disused. Tomb of Lord Henry Piers set into south wall of chapel interior, dated 1620, consisting of a rectangular limestone tablet in moulded classical frame with raised Latin inscription, armorial crest and carved angels heads. Graveyard entered to the south through cast-iron gates with adjacent cut stone stile. Site surrounded by rubble stone wall on polygonal plan. Located to the west of the remains of Tristernagh Abbey.
Appraisal
An interesting and picturesque (ruinous) late-medieval church set in graveyard with mainly nineteenth century grave markers. The Lord Henry Piers monument to the interior is a very fine example of a seventeenth century memorial tablet. The nineteenth century grave markers and attractive cast-iron gates are of artistic merit. Graveyard contains graves of a number of Catholic priests who served in the nearby town of Ballynacarrigy during the nineteenth century.