Ashleypark Burial Mound

Tomb in Ireland

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 / 52.933888; -8.188852
Elevation| 89 m (292 ft)
Height| 5 m (16 ft)
Built| c. 3350 BC

National monument of Ireland

Official name| Ashleypark Burial Mound (Cist)
Reference no.| 573

Ashleypark Burial Mound is a passage tomb and National Monument in the townland of Ashleypark, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1][2]

## Location

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Ashleypark Burial Mound is located 2.1 km (1.3 mi) west of Ardcroney, 1 km north of Ashleypark House and Lough Ourna.

## History

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Ashleypark 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

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The 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

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1. ^ "megalithomania: Ashley Park (Tipperary) :: Passage Tomb :: Visit notes".
2. ^ 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 25506126.61-100&rft.date=1985-01-01&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25506126#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Manning&rft.aufirst=Conleth&rft.au=O'Sullivan,+V.+R.&rft.au=Kaar,+G.+F.&rft.au=Curtin,+W.+A.&rft.au=McCormick,+Finbar&rft.au=Kennan,+P.+S.&rft.au=Collins,+J.&rft.au=Cooney,+G.&rft.au=Brindley,+A.+L.&rft.au=Lanting,+J.+N.&rft.au=Mook,+W.+G.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Ashleypark+Burial+Mound" class="Z3988">
3. ^ Cooney, Gabriel (27 November 2014). Transformation by Fire: The Archaeology of Cremation in Cultural Context. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 9780816531141 - via Google Books.
4. ^ Flanagan, Laurence (29 October 1998). Ancient Ireland: Life Before the Celts. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. ISBN 9780717163670 - via Google Books.
5. ^ "Ashley Park".
6. ^ "Ashleypark, Passage Tomb, Co. Tipperary".