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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: The Ass's MangerCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Laois Type: Cist
Nearest Town: Stradbally
Map Ref: S5967393415
Latitude: 52.988469N Longitude: 7.112171W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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This fine megalithic tomb is situated in an upland area by the roadside, west of the Blackthrench River, south of the town of Stradbally, 'An tSraidbhaile' and is markedon the OSI map as 'Ass's Manger'. The tomb, a small stone-built structure incorporated in a road-side fence at the rim of an old quarry which has been in-filled in recent years, is located on elevated arable land. It consists of a cover-slab,
2.50m in length, 2.20m in width and 0.30cm in depth, supported by a number of upright stones. Under this slab there is a chamber 0.80m in depth, opening to the NE. The slab has slipped from the tops of two stones at its NE end but still rests on an upright stone and dry-walling alongside at about its mid-line. Just east of the structure there was a line, some 2.50m in length, of three upright stones only two of which are now visible.
An earlier account by O'Byrne in 1849, would suggest that this is the remnants of a larger and substantially buried structure and that it was surrounded by a circle of stones. Cists containing bones were said to have been uncovered closeby. The whole may have been some form of burial monument but its nature is uncertain.
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