What is recorded here
Cairn is a cairn (unclassified) in Knockanglass (Buolick parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The low grass-covered mound stands 0.3 metres high and spans roughly 5 metres from north to south. It sits just off the top of a hill on a north-facing slope, surrounded by grassland and panoramic views. Gorse bushes cover the amorphous structure, which no longer has a definable shape.
Just off top of hill on a N-facing slope, in grassland with panoramic views in all directions in upland area. Field boundaries have been changed and laneway which runs down to coal pit no longer exists. An irregularly shaped mound (dims. 38m NE-SW; c. 20m NW-SE) is indicated on the 1903 ed. OS 6-inch map and the 25-inch map. The monument consists of a low grass-covered amorphous carin (H 0.3m; diam. c. 5m N-S) which is covered in gorse bushes. The cairn has no definable shape or definition.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of revised upload: 27 May 2015
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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