What is recorded here
Standing stone in Curraheen (Peppardstown parish) is a standing stone in Curraheen (Peppardstown parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. The rectangular limestone marker stands 1.35 metres tall in a shallow hollow on a south-facing pasture slope. It leans gently toward the southwest, with cattle wear visible on its angles and lichens growing across its surface. Two earthworks lie nearby, one about 30 metres to the south-southwest and the other about 90 metres to the north-northwest.
In improved pasture, in a gentle hollow (diam. c. 2.5m), on a S-facing slope. Enclosures (TS062-105---- and TS062-155----) are located c. 30m to SSW and c. 90m to NNW respectively. A limestone standing stone (0.35m x 0.25m; H 1.35m) rectangular in plan and orientated NW-SE. The stone leans gently to the SW. There is evidence of cattle wear on the angles of the stone and lichens are growing on its surface.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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