Mound in Tullowbrin, County Kilkenny

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Lyng (1952, 24-5) refers to a tumulus in Tullowbrin as follows, 'Travel from there by Ballysallagh (Baile Salach; Dirty Abode) 900ft., junction of Knockshanbally (Cnoc Sean Bhaile; old abode hill), Mount Nugent and Tullowbrin (Tulach Bhroin; Byrne's Tumulus). (Shearman says that the tumulus here is associated with the legendary Birn Buach ancestor of Ossory. Whoever called the adjoining hill Ossory Hill, a couple of centuries ago, apparently held this view also)'. The reference suggests that the mound is at the junction of three townlands, Knockshanbally, Mount Nugent Upper and Tullowbrin, however, there is no cartographic evidence of a monument at this location, nor is a monument visible on the OS Ortho or Bing imagery. The mound has been unlocated to Tullowbrin townland.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KK015-044

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