Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cairn - unclassified
Shanrahan, County Tipperary South, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Shanrahan
- County
- Tipperary South
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24653, -8.00122
- SMR number
- TS090-005----
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
On the summit of Knockshanahullion Mountain in the Knockmealdown mountain range. A cairn (TS090-001----) on the summit of Sugarloaf Hill is visible to the E. A large cairn (dims. 32m N-S; 27m E-W; H above ext. 3.35m) composed of red sandstone rubble with very little vegetal cover apart from some moss. The centre of the cairn has been robbed out (D 2.5m) and in recent times a stone shelter has been built of dry-stone walling in the central hollow and three small cairns have been erected on the N edge of the cairn itself.
Compiled by: Jean Farrelly
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
Nearby in the register
- Linear earthwork2 mi
- Linear earthwork2 mi
- Castle - hall-house2 mi
- Graveyard2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.