What is recorded here

The site, in a clear-felled area of forest, lies just uphill from a stream on the W slope of Barradoos Mountain which is on the N side of the Slieve Bloom range. A stone, 2.30m long, 70cm thick and 70cm high, aligned N-S, seems to be set. Alongside to the W are four prostrate stones measuring 1.50m to 2.10m in maximum dimension and a fifty partly-buried. There may have been some form of megalithic structure here but its nature is notknown. According to a local story the stones were dislodged by the soldiery in 1798. (de Valera and O Nuallain 1972, 97, No. 1.). 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

A portal dolmen dating to the Neolithic period; its significance lies in its alignment and positioning within the Slieve Bloom landscape, indicative of early ritual or funerary practices.

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