Ashleypark Burial Mound is a passage tomb and National Monument in the townland of Ashleypark, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1][2]
| Ashleypark Burial Mound | |
|---|---|
| Native name Dumha Pháirc Ashley (Irish) | |
  Location of Ashleypark Burial Mound in Ireland | |
| Type | passage tomb |
| Location | Ashleypark, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 52°56′02″N 8°11′20″W / 52.933888°N 8.188852°W |
| Elevation | 89 m (292 ft) |
| Height | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Built | c. 3350 BC |
| Official name | Ashleypark Burial Mound (Cist) |
| Reference no. | 573 |
Location
editAshleypark Burial Mound is located 2.1 km (1.3 mi) west of Ardcroney, 1 km north of Ashleypark House and Lough Ourna.
History
editAshleypark Burial Mound dates to the Neolithic: radiocarbon dating indicates a calendar date of c. 3350 BC for the burial in the chamber of an infant.[3] The inner end of the structure contained an adult and child, cattle bones,[4] a bone point, some chert flakes and Neolithic pottery, including sherds bearing channelled decoration. It lay until recently in an ancient oak forest.[2] The site was damaged by bulldozing in 1980.[5]
Description
editThe mound is described as a Linkardstown-type cist but may be a simple passage grave. It consists of a round mound encircled by two low wide banks with internal ditches giving an overall diameter of 90 m (100 yd). The inner mound is 26 m (30 yd) in diameter with a cairn core covered in clay.[citation needed]
The megalith is trapezoidal in shape, 5m long and narrowing from 2.3m wide at the SE to 1.3 m at the NW (open) end. It was built around a limestone erratic which serves as a floorstone.[6]
References
edit- ^ "megalithomania: Ashley Park (Tipperary) :: Passage Tomb :: Visit notes".
- ^ a b Manning, Conleth; O'Sullivan, V. R.; Kaar, G. F.; Curtin, W. A.; McCormick, Finbar; Kennan, P. S.; Collins, J.; Cooney, G.; Brindley, A. L.; Lanting, J. N.; Mook, W. G. (1 January 1985). "A Neolithic Burial Mound at Ashleypark, Co. Tipperary". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Section C. 85C: 61–100. JSTOR 25506126.
- ^ Cooney, Gabriel (27 November 2014). Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816531141 – via Google Books.
- ^ Flanagan, Laurence (29 October 1998). Ancient Ireland: Life Before the Celts. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717163670 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Ashley Park".
- ^ "Ashleypark, Passage Tomb, Co. Tipperary".