
Slievenamon
Sign in to saveSlievenamon 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
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Tipperary
- 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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- Archaeology
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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.
== 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.
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