Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Standing stone - pair
Burgesbeg, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Burgesbeg
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Long Stone
- Coordinates
- 52.83181, -8.34231
- SMR number
- TN019-040----
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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 a rise of ground in upland area in forest plantation with nearby stone circle (TN019-046001) to N and stone row (TN020-062) to E. A tall rectangular stone (H 1.42m; dims. 1m x 0.52m) with large recumbent stone immediately to SW, aligned on a NE-SW axis. The second stone was knocked during forest plantation.
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
Nearby in the register
- Stone circleunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Stone rowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.