What is recorded here

Barrow is a barrow (ring-barrow) in Ballygambon, County Tipperary, Ireland. The sub-circular site measures 25 metres north-south and 30 metres east-west on a gentle south-facing slope. A 9.05-metre-wide, 0.9-metre-deep ditch runs inside the 6.25-metre-wide bank, which stands 1.05 metres high internally and 1.0 metre externally. The bank is disturbed at the west, straightened along the south by a former field boundary, and squared to a corner at the southeast.

In pasture, on a gentle S-facing slope. Sub-circular area (dims. 25m N-S; 30m E-W) defined by internal fosse (Wth 9.05m; D 0.9m) which is shallow around N arc. Outer bank (Wth 6.25m; int. H 1.05m; ext. H 1.0m) is disturbed at W and straightened along S due to former field boundary at this location. Bank squared-off to a corner at SE and is riddled with rabbit burrows along S. Possible causewayed entrance (Wth 4m) across fosse at S. Interior undulates as it slopes down to S. Depression (10m E-W; 4m N-S) within N sector. Monument had been planted with evergreens (Cahill 1982). Field boundary removed to S and W. Ringforts (TS070-072----) and (TS070-072001-) located 230m and 275m respectively to SSE. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

A ring-barrow, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age, characterized by its sub-circular fosse and outer bank. Such monuments are significant as they represent early funerary and ritual practices in the Irish landscape.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.