Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Clogher, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clogher
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Druids Altar
- Latest-edition OS map
- Druids Altar
- Coordinates
- 52.61928, -7.94204
- SMR number
- TS046-037----
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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
On a low rise of ground on flat pasture in undulating countryside. A large recumbent slab (dims. 2.2m x 1.8m x 0.5m) situated in an overgrown grove of trees with rubble debris dumped inside the grove. There are several large boulders scattered around the interior of the grove which are impossible to examine due to the dumping of debris and the overgrown nature of the monument. Crawford describes the monument as consisting of a 'large recumbent slab 7 feet 6 inches [2.28m] by 5 feet 9 inches [1.7m] by 2 feet [0.6m] thick, supported on small stones 12 or 15 inches [0.3m or 0.37m] above the ground. It is close to a house on the roadside and one end is built into a stable (Crawford 1910, 47). These buildings are now destroyed with debris from their demolition dumped on top of the recumbent slab. Ó Nualláin and De Valera (1982, vol.4, 99)were unsure if these stones were the remains of an authentic megalthic tomb.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
References
Crawford, H.S. 1910 The dolmens of Tipperary. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 40, 38-51.
de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1982 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Vol. IV, Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. Dublin. Stationery Office.
Nearby in the register
- Bawnunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.