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Megalithic structure

Clogher, County Tipperary South, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Megalithic structure, Clogher, County Tipperary South, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 13. (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

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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