Knockroe Passage Tombs,,Ahenny,,Co's,Kilkenny / Tipperary Borders.#7.

Knockroe known locally as "The Coshel"in Gaelic [Caiseal] is a Neolithic Passage Tomb,,Dating to approximately 3,000 B.C.The Tomb is one of a group of Cairns located in this region,,some of which are intervisible and are Aligned with The Large Mound on the summit of Sliabh na Mban [Slievenamon] County Tipperary.The Monument is positioned along a South-Western facing Ridge-Line of Slate,overlooking the Lingaun River which is a Tributary of the River Suir,,the Lingaun is located approximately 100 mtrs to the left,,The area is also very well known for it's Slate Quarries,,There is also a wide variety of Rock Outcrops,,and the stones that built the Monument were undoubtedly sourced locally,,Knockroe in it's original form probably consisted of a Circle or mound or Cairn with a Diameter of approximately 20 metres of loose stone with a perimeter Kerb formed by large stones many of which are decorated and survive in position,,Two Burial Chambers constructed of large upright stones called Otthostats are positioned at the SouthEastern and Southwestern sides of the now reduced Mound,,for convenience,,,they are called the East Tomb and the West Tomb,,The upright Stones in the Larger West Chamber origanally supported two very large Capstones which covered the Tomb one now lying just south of the Tomb and the other close to it's entrance,,This Chamber may have been covered by the Cairn and only accessible through a restricted opening defined by two Orthostats and a Sillstone positioned in the Kerb recess,,it is unclear if the East Tomb remained accessible following it's use for Burials; Thanks to the OPW>