Dolmens Are a Girls Best Friend

Knockiernan : Standing Stone

CountyWicklow
Grid RefN 992 136
Longitude6° 30' 59.84" W
Latitude53° 9' 49.21" N
Nearest TownBlessington (1.4 Km)
OS Sheet56
UTM zone29U
UTM x666014.85489282
UTM y5893357.8196386
Hide map  (N.B. Google Maps & GPS readings are slightly out of sync - position is approximate)
Show inline map (by Google Maps)

Visit Notes

Sunday, 12th May 2002

After a good hard breathing walk up the hill I was about to give up on this stone when I saw it on the way back - it was hiding behind a few trees on the edge of the field and I had failed to spot it.

It is quite a shorty, just 1.1m tall at most and about 40cm to a side in plan. There are wonderful views of Pollaphuca reservoir (which obviously wouldn't have been there when the stone was placed) to the west and Seahan & Seefin mountains to the north east.

Click Thumbnail to View Full Size Image

Click To View Large Image_Click To View Large Image_Click To View Large Image_

All Sites Visited On 12th May 2002    « Previous Site    Next Site »

Have you visited This Monument?

If so, give it a rating for others to see
Your Name
Where are you from?
Rating

Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

Click To View Large Image
7.6 Km (N) there is a Church at Kilteel (Co. Kildare).
1.4 Km (SSE) there is a Passage Tomb at Carrig.
6.9 Km (E) there is a Standing Stone at Athdown.
7.1 Km (SSW) there is a Cairn at Lugnagroagh.
2.5 Km (ESE) there is a Stone Row (Alignment) at Lugnagun.

A Selection of Other Standing Stones

AddThis Social Bookmark Button Valid CSS Valid HTML
Top of page | Feedback | About this site
© Copyright Tom FourWinds 2001-2008