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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gortavoher - Rock Art in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Tipperary

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Sunday, 13 October 2002  Page Views: 7853

Rock ArtSite Name: Gortavoher Alternative Name: The Blessed Stone
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Tipperary Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Tipperary
Map Ref: R883299
Discovery Map Number: D74
Latitude: 52.420918N  Longitude: 8.172702W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Gortavoher
Gortavoher submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1970/80s (Vote or comment on this photo)
Multiple-bullaun in Co. Tipperary

A fine, almost circular boulder of quartz conglomerate about 1 metre in diameter lies to the W of “Woodview Farmhouse”, which is 5.6 kms due S of Tipperary town, in a little modern enclosure on the S side of the by-road from Gransha to Galbally, running parallel with the Aherlow river. It has three large complete bullauns (hemispherical depressions) whose maximum diameter is 30 cms and whose maximum depth is 17.7 cms. Two other bullauns have been eroded by water, and a sixth is very shallow. There are 2 less perfect bullauns on the underside of the boulder, whose name might originally have meant ‘The Blessing-stone’.

~ 11 km WSW is the passage-tomb at Duntryleague, county Limerick.

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