Barrow

Situated on a gradual, subtle break in a NW-facing slope in hilly terrain, under pasture. The site is in the SE corner of a field with the field ditch skirting the monument at SE and SW. A standing stone (TN039-001001) is situated 3.6m to the NE. A roughly circular site (diam. 12.1m N-S; 12.9m E-W) consisting of a central mound (Wth 3.8-5.1m; H 0.53m), a deep, U-shaped fosse (Wth 2m; D 0.5m) and an outer bank (Wth 1.5m-2.1m; ext. H 0.65m). There is evidence of a stone cist (TN039-001003) in the centre of the mound with two long slabs exposed at right angles (L 1m x Wth 0.3m and L 0.67m x 0.16m). No visible entrance feature. 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

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, associated with a standing stone; indicative of ritual or funerary practices in a prehistoric landscape.