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Lisheentyrone, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisheentyrone
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Hachured
- Latest-edition OS map
- Lisheen
- Coordinates
- 52.87815, -8.35459
- SMR number
- TN019-016----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on flat pasture in an upland area with a stone pair (TN019-041----) c. 42m to the SE and rock outcrop decorated with cup-marks (TN019-053----) 20m to the S. A well-preserved steep-sided flat-topped mound (H 3.5-4m; top diam. 11.5m N-S; base diam. 19m N-S) enclosed by wide flat-bottomed fosse (Wth 5m; ext. D 1m) with small orthostats protruding from the base of the fosse at E and S - probably natural rock outcrop. The base of the mound has been scarped and a water pump inserted into the fosse at E.
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: 12 March 2014
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.