What is recorded here
Situated on a hillock, overlooking the Liffey Valley on the grounds of Stewarts Hospital. A circular raised platform (H 0.8m) defined by a slight bank (H 0.3m). The slightly domed interior is completely overgrown (overall diam. c. 15m). It could possibly be an overgrown tree-ring (Healy 1974, 22).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout
Date of upload: 26 August 2011
A Neolithic passage tomb; dates to the early Bronze Age. Its location suggests a ceremonial or ritual significance in the ancient landscape overlooking the Liffey Valley.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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