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Barrow - mound barrow

Ballynahinch (kilcomenty Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

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Townland
Ballynahinch (kilcomenty Par.)
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Tumulus
Coordinates
52.76616, -8.39708
SMR number
TN031-018----

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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

Situated in an upland area with nearby mound barrow (TN031-019) to the SW. A hillock has been scarped and flattened on top to form a flat-topped oval-shaped burial mound (H 2.7m; diam. 26.3m NE-SW; 18.5m NW-SE).

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

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

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