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Cairn - unclassified

Curraheen (aghnameadle Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

The record

Townland
Curraheen (aghnameadle Par.)
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.80465, -7.97568
SMR number
TN028-100----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

On a break of slope which drops off to the W, in undulating hilly terrain, overlooking a valley to the E with land rising beyond, in pasture. There are good views to the N and N, but limited to the E by peaks S and SW of Devilsbit Mountain and limited S and W by rising ground and by hills, including Knockanora, beyond.
Within the E portion of a burial ground (TN028-098----) there is a grass-covered cairn (H 0.83m; overall dims. 7m N-S x 9m E-W; Wth at crest c. 3m), with some stones protruding. At the E end of the, below the crest, there is an upright rectangular slab (TN028-099----) which is decorated on the W face with figure, on the E face and S side with scroll/spiral motifs and has an ogham inscription on the upper NW angle.

See attached photographs:
TN028-100----_01 Grass-covered cairn in E portion of enclosure from W
TN028-100----_02 Grass-covered cairn in E portion of enclosure from N
TN028-100----_03 Grass-covered cairn in E portion of enclosure from E
TN028-100----_04 General view of cairn within burial ground from E

Compiled by: Jean Farrelly

Date of upload: 8 February 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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