What is recorded here

Megalithic structure in Tomdeely North is an oblong stony area about eight metres long, hidden in low pasture beside a hawthorn tree. Celie O’Rahilly identified it during a 1999 power-line survey, not through grand discovery but ordinary attention. The rock may have marked a burial, a boundary or a place where people stood when the Shannon Estuary gleamed north and the River Deel turned east.

In low-lying , gently undulating pasture, overlooking the River Deel c. 0.9km to E and the Shannon Estuary to N. Depicted on the 1924 ed. OS 25-inch map as an oblong-shaped feature (approx. 8m NE-SW; 4.5m NW-SE). Listed as Site 3 in 1999 and classified as a megalithic structure by Celie O’Rahilly when walking the route of a proposed ESB power line. Described as a large flat-topped rock adjacent to a hawthorn tree. A public road lies c. 30m to N and a gallops track lies c. 85m to S. The description of a mound enclosed by a bank could suggest a classification of barrow or other type of burial mound. Monument is visible as an irregular oval-shaped stony area on Digital Globe orthophotos taken 2011-13 and on Google Earth orthoimages taken 08/04/2015. See attached Google Earth orthoimage Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2020

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