Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Cooneen (dolla Par.),lisgarriff West, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cooneen (dolla Par.),lisgarriff West
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dermot and Granias Bed
- Coordinates
- 52.76395, -8.14486
- SMR number
- TN033-002----
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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 the summit of Cooneen Hill with panoramic views in all directions. A circular cairn (base diam. 8.7m N-S x 10.3m E-W; top diam. 5.1m) sitting on a natural knoll which continues to descend to S. The cairn (H 0.8-1.6m) is covered in moss and heather with small stones protruding. Kerbstones define the cairn material at N, with a curving line of kerbstones defining the top of the cairn at S. The interior is flat, with a slight drop below the encircling kerb. Large flat boulders in the interior may be lintels although three or four are loose.
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
- Megalithic tomb - wedge tombunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Kerb circleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.