Druids Altar

This monument stands on elevated arable land. It is a sub-circular mound 9m to 10m in diameter and 75cm in maximum height. A kerb of small stones survive around much of the circumference but is absent or concealed at the SW. Three set stones, about 1m inside the kerb in the NE quadrant and at the S, may indicate an inner kerb. There is a hollow measuring some 3.50m by 2m at the centre of the mound where a slab 1.2m by 80cm, lies partly embedded in the ground (de Valera and O Nuallain 1972, 97, no. 4). 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 this instance the entry has been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 19 March 2013 See attached document with a plan and section of the monument.