Antiques in Tipperary
The dolmens of Co. Tipperary have been studied in some detail. They number twenty-five, seven of which arc in a fair state of preservation. The principal group is in the hilly district surrounding the village of Kilcommon. It is situated about 10 miles north of Dundrum station and twelve miles north-east of Oola station. Here can be seen the remains of eleven dolmens in a more or less ruined condition, and the sites of four others, spread over a tract of land about seven miles from east to west and four miles from north to south. In the same district are the remains of four or more stone circles. The best preserved dolmen in the county is situated at Baurnadomeeny East. It lies about a quarter of a mile north of the village of Rear Cross, in a valley to the cast of the road, with its axis running cast and west; it measures 24 ft. in length and 10 ft. in breadth. Its eastern end makes a rectangular chamber 10 ft. long, 4 ft. wide, and 4 ft. high : its roof is formed of four large stones. The western chamber measures nearly 7 ft. square and 3 ft. 6 in. high. The amount of earth which still remains on the roof of the dolmen points to it having been originally covered by a mound ; traces of a stone circle which formerly surrounded the dolmen may also be observed.