What is recorded here

Tumuli is a barrow (ring-barrow) in Farneigh, garraun (kilnarath Par.), County Tipperary, Ireland. The small well-preserved site holds a circular flat-topped mound, 4.5 metres across north-south and 0.7 metres high, enclosed by a 1.2 metre wide ditch with traces of an external bank. It stands on a hilltop immediately southeast of the conjoined barrows, while another ring-barrow lies to the south and a ringfort stands to the northwest.

Situated on top of a hill in an upland area with nearby ringfort (TN031-022) to NW and three ring-barrows (TN031-025, TN031-023, TN031-026) to W, N and SE respectively. The site is immediately SE of the conjoined barrows (TN031-024001). A small well-preserved consisting of a circular flat-topped mound (diam. 4.5m N-S; H 0.7m) enclosed by a fosse (Wth 1.2m) with traces of an external bank. Ring-barrow (TN031-024003) is situated to the S. 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

Tumuli, Farneigh, Garraun are likely Bronze Age ring-barrows, dating to between 2500 and 800 BCE. Their location in a cluster with other barrows and a nearby ringfort suggests they are part of a wider funerary and settlement landscape of significance in the prehistoric period.

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