Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Killiney, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killiney
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Pagan Temple
- Latest-edition OS map
- Monument
- Coordinates
- 53.25818, -6.12004
- SMR number
- DU026-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
This enigmatic structure is located within an area enclosed by a hedge on top of Druid Hill. In the E side of the enclosure are three irregular granite boulders that form a façade behind which is a larger boulder containing a setting of stones that form a seat. To the W of this are two large granite slabs set on their long axis. There are tool marks present. This structure appears to be a folly but it may incorporate the remnants of an earlier monument.
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Revised upload on: 11 April 2018.
Nearby in the register
- Martello towerunder 1 mi
- Batteryunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.