Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Coumnagillagh,foilduff (jackson),laghile (abington Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumnagillagh,foilduff (jackson),laghile (abington Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70884, -8.18850
- SMR number
- TN038-018----
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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 top of Mauherslieve Mountain with extensive views, this cairn is located at the intersection of three townland boundaries. Described in the OS Namebooks (1840) as 'a large heap of whitish stones on the summit … under which it is said there is a cave or cellar in which a great number of the neighbouring people took refuge in the time of the rebellion … it is not known when this cave was made in the mountain … the entrance to into it cannot be seen as it is covered over with the large stones above mentioned'. The site was inaccessible at time of visit.
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
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Penal Mass station1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
- Standing stone1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.