Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Habitation site
Lahesseragh (nenagh Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lahesseragh (nenagh Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.84416, -8.22676
- SMR number
- TN020-137----
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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
Located on the eastern side of the Ballycahill ridge, c.3.2km W of Nenagh and c.300m E of a possible Bronze Age house (TN020-136). The site enjoys commanding views to the W and S and Lough Derg can be seen to the NW. A settlement site, measuring c.40m x 30m, uncovered during monitoring/testing in advance of Nenagh Bypass with outcrops of bedrock over the surface (O'Brien 2000, 196). The site consisted of 50-60 randomly placed posts/pits, a short linear feature (L c.10m; Wth 0.4m) and two hearths/fire spots (ibid.). A subrectangular structure was formed by 10-12 of these post-holes (ibid.). Finds included worked flint and chert, a possible fragment of a chert arrowhead, an ovoid rubbing stone and charcoal (ibid.).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.