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This mound is not marked on the map and to me looks like it is forming an artifical horizon to the east of the tomb.
It must be approx 25m diameter and about a height of 2m.
This tomb is just off the road not far from Adare. Turn right it adare and follow a winding road (I would recommend an OS map and a GPS). There is a place to park across from the gate into the field. The tomb is two fields in from the road. There will be a ring-fort on your left as you walk south towards the tomb (in the adjacent field) and this is not marked on the map.
The tomb points east-west and there is a mound to the east that is also not marked on the map.
It is about 5-7m in length and is made from an unusual looking rock for a wedge tomb. There are a lot of rock outcrops in the area and many stones lying about. I think with a bit of imagination some of them could be the remains of tombs/rows.
The artifical mound/ platform to the east of the tomb
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Looking north you get a good idea of the tombs size id say its between 5-7 metre long.
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I never got to see this tomb the last time I went to Knockfeerina. This time i got here just as the sun was beginning to go down and although it was a beautiful time of the evening it wasn’t great for photography with my camera.
To get there, take the track leading up to Knockfeerina and where it branches off at the bottom of the hill take the left branch.
Follow this until it ends and you should be able to see the tomb away in the distance to your left over one ditch.
The tomb itself is big, I measured it roughly 11m long by about 2m wide. It is aligned East-West with the east end pointing towards a rock outcrop.
Looking east the tomb seems to point to the rock outcrop in the distance
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About 3m high by 26m diameter. This mound falls away to a stream and so one side of it is very high.
Again this looks towards Slieve Kimalta and the Silvermines Mt.
The height is about 3m by 16m diameter, seems to be looking towards Slieve Kimalta/ Silvermines Mts.
This mound seems to be gone and has been replaced by a quarry.
This mini barrow cemetry consists of a least 3 barrows, one of which is a conjoined barrow.
They all look towards Slieve Kimalta and Silvermine Mts.
They can be found to the back of the village of Ballinahinch. There is also a nice ringfort in the vicinity.
Barrow 3 shows up well with the water logged in it.
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If your driving down towards the longstone here at Baurnodomeeny look at the new bungalow to the left of it. U will clearly see the fence around “the Krall”, it looks like it is in the garden of the house.
I parked a little after the bungalow at an old house and climbed in about one field.
The folklore states that this was once over 3m high which is a good size cairn. There also seems to be a small chamber as per the second picture so perhaps it is a kist or something like this.
There is a large stone here in the cairn that seems to have a small chamber underneath.
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This is a lovely and unusual site. It seems to be a standing stone surrounded by a barrow which is very unusual for this part of the country.
It is pretty close to the village of Ballinahinch famous for that terrible comedy Killinascully. There is a road at the back of the church in the village that runs for about 1.25 km.
At the end of this road the site itself is probably a half km. It is almost directly in line with the road and i found it (GPS wasnt working on the day but it would be the best way to find it).
There are a number of other barrows in the area that I intend to view particulary now that the M7 motorway is going to be passing pretty close to the village.
Taken from the Irish Folklore Commission 1937/1938 Tipperary Reel 4 pg 207:
The cairn about 400 yards away is called The Krall. It is about 7 feet high and about 30yards in diameter. The stones are similar to the ones in the Labba although they seem to have been brought from outside the area. The owner of the field would not let anyone take these stones.
A ring of stones can be viewed from the Krall in the townland of Reardnogymore. They were found when the bog was being cut away. The stones are standing on edge about 2 yards apart and the ring is 30 yards in diameter.
The North Tipp Inventory states that this stone-circle is no longer here.
At the other end of the Krall is an “old Quick or white-thorn bush and from this bush a path can be seen ran from that bush to the Maher-Clay moutain a distance of about an Irish mile”
This sounds like it links the Baurnadomeeny complex to the Mahurslieve. Its also interesting the direct quote is “Maher-clay Moutain”.
Taken from the Irish Folklore Commission 1937/1938 Tipperary Reel 4 pg 207:
The longstone according to this was originally part of a pair. It relates to the Diarmuid and Grainne story. Diarmuid carried this one on his back (The longstone) and Grainne carried a smaller one. Which is now gone.
Seemingly there is the print of a chain at the bottom of the remaining longstone. This was where Diarmuid used a chain to strap it on his back while carrying it.
Taken from the Irish Folklore Commission 1937/1938 Tipperary Reel 4 pg 207:
The Labba was made up of 3 “apartments”. One room was 15ft long and 5ft wide and 4ft high. The mound around was 20 yds in diameter.
I thought the name may have had some roots in the Pallasgreen/ grian or sun goddess. However from the Gaelic for Rosegreen, it seems that it literally means rose green.
This mound is just off the R686, there is a church across the road that looks like it may be built on a low mound. Perhaps they are both barrows. The field this mound is in is up for sale for a housing development so this may be the last we ever see of it.
This ringfort is just outside Cashel. I include it because it is marked specifically as “Rath Na Drinne” on the OS Map which is unusual and because of its proximity to Carron Henge which is only a few kms away. It is a three bank ring-fort but perhaps it may orginally have been a henge? Its huge in the centre maybe 300-400m diameter.
Barrow in field south of the road where u gain entrance to the standing stone.
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Strangely enough this is the second townland near to Cashel that is called Ballinree. This stone is no longer here. It would have been in the middle of land that is now used for tillage so I guess it has been removed. The view south to the hills is great.
This mound is about 2m high and maybe 10-15m diameter. It is to the rear of a gentry house. It is very close to a standing stone. Perhaps the stone was on top of it but that is unlikely.
This standing stone has fallen. It can be found off the Horse and Jockey to Cashel (N8) road. Best to locate off of a OS map, its the first right after a long turn after the H&J coming from Dublin. Pass thru a cross roads and there is an old gentry house on the right hand side. Stop at the field just before it and on the rhs there is a cattle crush. Hop this and walk along side the walls of the estate. When it stops turn left in towards a circular barrow ish looking area. The stone is lying here. It is about 2m long and Im not sure which end is up. There is an artifical mound to the north east and I think the stone may have been on some kind of barrow.
Fallen standing stone, not sure what end is up
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This is a lovely balluan which you should be able to see easily enough from the road. It is situated on a real 360 panoramic view.
The stone itself must be about 1.25m x 0.75m.
