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Slievenamon or Slievenaman ( , "mountain of the women") is a mountain with a height of in County Tipperary, Ireland. It rises from a plain that includes the towns of Fethard, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. The mountain is steeped in folklore and is associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill. On its summit are the remains of ancient burial cairns, which were seen as portals to the Otherworld. Much of Slievenamon's lower slopes are wooded, and formerly most of the mountain was covered in woodland. A low hill attached to it, Carrigmaclear, was the site of a battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

Key facts

Mountain.name
Slievenamon
Mountain.other_name
Slievenaman
Mountain.photo
File:Boulders and heathland - geograph.org.uk - 784255.jpg
Mountain.photo_caption
Slievenamon heathland
Mountain.elevation_m
721
Mountain.prominence_m
711
Mountain.listing
P600, Marilyn, Hewitt
Mountain.translation
"mountain of the women"
Mountain.location
County Tipperary, Ireland
Mountain.map
island of Ireland
Mountain.map_relief
yes
Mountain.map_caption
Location in Ireland
Mountain.grid_ref_Ireland
S297307
Mountain.topo
OSi Discovery 67

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
mountain
Elevation
719
Image
Slievenamon 2006-07-01.jpg
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topographic prominence
638
Commons category
Slievenamon
historic county
County Tipperary
native label
Sliabh na mBan
Irish Grid Reference
S2978630720
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Archaeology
  • Folklore
  • Cultural references
  • Gallery
  • See also
  • References

Slievenamon or Slievenaman ( , "mountain of the women") is a mountain with a height of in County Tipperary, Ireland. It rises from a plain that includes the towns of Fethard, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir. The mountain is steeped in folklore and is associated with Fionn mac Cumhaill. On its summit are the remains of ancient burial cairns, which were seen as portals to the Otherworld. Much of Slievenamon's lower slopes are wooded, and formerly most of the mountain was covered in woodland. A low hill attached to it, Carrigmaclear, was the site of a battle during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

== Archaeology == There are at least four prehistoric monuments on Slievenamon. On the summit is an ancient burial cairn, with a natural rocky outcrop on its east side forming the appearance of a doorway. The remains of a cursus or ceremonial avenue leads up to the cairn from the east. On the mountain's northeastern shoulder, Sheegouna, is another burial cairn and a ruined megalithic tomb.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Slievenamon” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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