What is recorded here

Standing stone in Gortnada is a standing stone in Gortnada, County Tipperary, Ireland. The limestone marker stands just below a hill crest on ground that slopes gradually to the south, reaching 0.83 metres at its apex. Its roughly rectangular frame measures 1 metre by 0.44 metres, aligns from north-east to south-west, and tilts upward toward the south-west. A grassy hummock surrounds the base without obvious packing-stones, while the south-east face shows some degree of spalling.

Situated just below the crest of a hill on ground sloping very gradually to the S, in meadow. Limestone standing stone orientated on a NE-SW axis, roughly rectangular in plan (H 0.83m at apex; max. dims. 1m x 0.44m) with top sloping up to SW. The stone is spalling to some degree, particularly on the SE face. There is a grassy hummock around the base of the standing stone but no obvious packing-stones. 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: 22 September 2008

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