Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb
Lackamore (castletownarra Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lackamore (castletownarra Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Giants Grave
- Coordinates
- 52.86032, -8.34156
- SMR number
- TN019-033----
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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 among hills at the NE end of the Arra Mountains. It consists of the remains of a gallery divided by septal-stone into a portico at the SW, now represented by a single orthostat, and a main chamber, 1.15m-1.35m wide, of which two orthostats survive at either side. The main chamber, now 2.4m long, lacks a backstone. A displaced roofstone rests against its southern side and three stones form a close-set outer wall to the N. There are traces of a mound at the W side of the structure. (De Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 81, No.1)
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: 22 September 2008
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.