What is recorded here

Situated on flat pasture in an upland area with a stone pair (TN019-041----) c. 42m to the SE and rock outcrop decorated with cup-marks (TN019-053----) 20m to the S. A well-preserved steep-sided flat-topped mound (H 3.5-4m; top diam. 11.5m N-S; base diam. 19m N-S) enclosed by wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5m; ext. D 1m) with small orthostats protruding from the base of the fosse at E and S - probably natural rock outcrop. The base of the mound has been scarped and a water pump inserted into the fosse at E. 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: 12 March 2014

A Neolithic passage tomb, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE. Its location near cup-marked outcrops and other megalithic features suggests it is part of a wider ceremonial landscape.

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