The ruins of Templecolman, recorded under the site reference LI039-006001-, define the north-western limit of the enclosure, making it difficult to say where the church ends and the cemetery begins. That ambiguity, ordinary enough to pass unnoticed, turns out to carry rather more history than the modest scale of the place might suggest.

The graveyard as it stands today is sub-rectangular, measuring approximately 21 metres north to south and 33 metres east to west, and is enclosed by a stone wall dating to the nineteenth century. But the first edition Ordnance Survey six-inch map, surveyed in the 1830s, tells a slightly different story. At that earlier date the enclosing feature appears as a small circular-shaped enclosure, possibly defined by an earthen bank rather than a mortared wall. Circular or curvilinear ecclesiastical enclosures of this kind are frequently very old in Ireland, sometimes preserving the outline of an early medieval foundation long after the original structures have vanished or been rebuilt. The present wall does not entirely erase that earlier form: the south-eastern section of the boundary follows a curving line that may be tracing the arc of the older enclosure beneath it. The nineteenth-century builders, whether by instinct or local knowledge, appear to have respected a boundary that was already ancient.

The site sits in County Limerick and is modest in physical extent, so it rewards close attention rather than a sweeping look. The junction between the Templecolman ruin and the graveyard wall at the north-west corner is the most legible point at which two distinct phases of the site's history meet in a single stretch of masonry. The curved run of walling toward the south-east is easy to miss if you are not looking for it, but once you know what it may represent, the slight bow in the boundary takes on a different character entirely. Visiting in late autumn or winter, when vegetation is low, makes it easier to read the ground and trace the outline of what the early map recorded.