Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Garryroan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Garryroan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33841, -7.96747
- SMR number
- TS081-077----
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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 level ground in gently undulating terrain. Another similar cairn (TS081-032----) is visible 340m to the NNW. A cairn (TS075-064----) is visible on the Galtee Mountains, c. 6km to the NE, the Knockmealdown Mountains dominate the view to the S. A large oval mound (dims. 21m NE-SW; 15.1m NW-SE) composed of small sandstone stones. It is fairly flat topped with two circular depressions (diam. c. 2m) on top of the mound, approximately 1m apart. It has gently sloping sides (H 2.11m).
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 15 January 2014
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.