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Anomalous stone group

Coolbaun (Templeachally Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Anomalous stone group, Coolbaun (Templeachally Par.), County Tipperary North, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coolbaun (Templeachally Par.)
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Graves of the Leinster Men
Latest-edition OS map
Graves of the Leinster Men
Coordinates
52.85133, -8.39905
SMR number
TN019-035----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on the NW-facing slope of Tountinna Hill in the Arra Mountains overlooking Lough Derg to the NW. The scattered and confused remains of several small orthostats protruding from the surface with a single large orthostat (H 1.2m; Wth 0.57; T 0.45m) in the NE sector and a row of low orthostats in the S sector. The arrangement of the numerous orthostats possibly defines a rectangular-shaped area (15m SW-NE; 23m SE-NW) as depicted on the latest ed. OS 6-inch map.
This arrangement of stones was described by Westropp (1911-12, 210) as following; 'a line of small slate slabs 42 feet [12.m] long, the largest "pillar" being only 3 feet 6 inches [1.06m] high by 2 feet 6 inches [0.76m] square, the others usually under 3 feet [0.9m] high. There is a low mount 17 feet [5.2m] to the north of the "chief pillar". A sort of fenced avenue runs into the slightly enclosed space between it and the alignment'.

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.

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload/revision: 11 April 2019

References

Westropp, T.J. 1911-12 Types of the ringforts in eastern Clare (Killaloe, it's Royal fort and their history). Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy 29, 186-212.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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