Ashleypark Co. Tipperary Neolithic Burial Mound

National Monument No. 573. A megalithic burial chamber known as a Linkardstown-Type Cist was exposed in a large burial mound (SMR No. TN015-009----) encircled by two low wide banks with internal ditches giving an overall diameter of 90m. The structure was uncovered during bulldozing operations in 1980 after which the site was excavated in 1985 by state archaeologist, Con Manning. The core of the mound measuring c. 20m in diameter consists of a cairn with a covering of clay. The skeletal remains of an adult male and a child were found here along with a variety of animal bones, a bone point, some chert flakes and Neolithic pottery, including sherds bearing channelled decoration. Radiocarbon dating indicates a calendar date of c.3,350 BC for the burial in the chamber. The prehistoric site is on private land and there is no access to the monument without the landowner's permission. For more detailed description of the Neolithic site, visit: https://maps.archaeology.ie/HistoricEnvironment/?SMRS=TN015-009----