What is recorded here

Situated on a broad NE-SW spur. Six stones form a row (L 7.1m) oriented NE-SW. The stones all appear to be conglomerate (dims. 0.5m x 0.45-1.2m x 0.3m; H 1.2-1.5m), and are all built into a field wall and townland boundary. (Lyons 1935, JRSAI, 148-9) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the Tampauns stone row may have had ceremonial or territorial significance. Such alignments are often associated with ritual practices or landscape marking in prehistoric communities.

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