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 (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 52.90359, -7.19866
- SMR number
- LA024-055----
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 only on the 1909 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated in an upland area, no surface remains visible. There is no trace of this feature nor does there appear to be any information about it. (de Valera and O'Nuallain 1972, 97, No. 3.).
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
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.