Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Boulder-burial
Rathdermot, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdermot
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Dermot & Granias Bed (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.44247, -8.08134
- SMR number
- TS067-060001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
In undulating pasture, on an E-facing slope. Good views E-S-SW, particularly Galtee Mountains to S. Two conglomerate boulders c. 6m apart (oriented c. N-S). Scatter of stones around each, some pressed into sod. Boulder (L 1.25m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.75m) with another possible boulder-burial (TS067-060----) to S. Long axis of both stones orientated c. N-S.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.