Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Megalithic structure
Knockbaun, County Laois, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbaun
- County
- Laois
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Druids Altar
- Coordinates
- 52.90256, -7.20534
- SMR number
- LA024-052----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Marked ony on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on a rock-strewn SW-facing slope, this feature consists of a stone, 1.40m by 1.30m by 690 cm thick, resting horizontally above a slight hollow in the ground. On its upper surface are portions of a circular groove which seems to have been about 1m in diameter. The groove is 1cm wide and 0.05cm deep. The hill-top on which the stone stands is littered with natural blocks of stone (de Valera and O Nuallain 1972, 97, No. 2).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Laois' (Dublin Stationery Office, 1995) compiled by P. David Sweetman, Olive Alcock and Bernie Moran. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 17 December 2007
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.