Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Barrow - ring-barrow
Garranakilka, County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garranakilka
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.72121, -8.05959
- SMR number
- TN033-065001-
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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
One of a group of four possible ring-barrows although their arrangement and state of preservation may suggest ring-feeders.
Their size and siting on a steep slope and situated to a nearby ring-barrow suggests that they may be authentic ring-barrows. It would have been an unlikely location on a steep slope for a ring-feeder, local land-owner has no memory of ever using a ring-feeder in this field. Situated on the NW-facing slope of rising ground in upland area overlooking Clodiagh river valley to W, higher ground to E. Monument consists of a low circular mound (top diam. 2m; base diam 3m; H 0.2m) enclosed by an inner fosse (Wth 3m; ext. D 0.2m) and outer bank (top Wth 2.5m; ext. H 0.2m) which is visible only on the downward slope side from SW through W to NW only, not visible and doubt if ever there was an outer bank on the upslope side of the barrow. Overall the monument measures 9m in diameter N-S. This barrow has a second barrow (TN033-065) conjoined to its SW side and both of these barrows are located 20m to the E of the other two barrows (TN033-065002; TN033-065003)
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Nearby in the register
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.