What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow (bowl-barrow) in Graigue Upper (Ardcrony parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The mound occupies the north end of a north-south esker ridge and measures 26.5 metres north-south by 25.3 metres east-west. A four-metre-wide ditch and a 4.3-metre-wide stony bank enclose its west side, while a steep natural drop borders the east, leaving the mound about 11 metres high there.

Located in a prominent position at the N end of a N-S esker ridge. A roughly circular mound (diam. 26.5m N-S; 25.3m E-W) which utilises the N end of the esker and on the W side is enclosed by a fosse (Wth 4m) and stony outer bank (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.74m; ext. H 3.73m) while there is a steep natural drop on the E side where the mound is c. 11m high. 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

Bowl barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). Its construction on a prominent esker ridge and the presence of a surrounding fosse indicate its function as a significant funerary and possibly territorial monument.

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