Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Gortnaskehy (upperchurch Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortnaskehy (upperchurch Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70267, -8.00694
- SMR number
- TN040-039002-
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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 flat summit of Moher Hill overlooking broad valley to SW and panoramic view from W-S-E. Denuded circular cairn (10.1m N-S; 10.5m E-W) defined by occasional small stones and slight scarp. Cairn covers a recently exposed trapezoidal cist with large rectangular capstone (see TN040-039001 for description).
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
- Cistunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.