Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ritual site - holy/saint's stone
Knockroe (talbotstown Lower By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockroe (talbotstown Lower By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- St. Kevins Chair
- Coordinates
- 53.08968, -6.59935
- SMR number
- WI009-031----
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
Situated on the W side of a narrow N-S valley. A naturally split boulder with a concave broken face traditionally associated with St Kevin.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
Nearby in the register
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Caveunder 1 mi
- Castle - motte and baileyunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.