Dallans or Pillar Stones

Situated on a broad plateau. Two conglomerate stones placed 15.75m apart form an ESE-WNW alignment. Each stone is aligned NNE-SSW. The E stone has a subrectangular cross-section (dims. 0.85-0.95m x 0.3-0.6m; H 1.85m). The W stone has a subrectangular cross-section (dims. 0.8-0.95m x 0.45-0.71m; H 1.77m). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008

Likely dating to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, the Dallans or Pillar Stones may have functioned as a ceremonial or ritual alignment, possibly linked to solar or seasonal observations. Such paired stones are often associated with funerary or territorial markers in Irish megalithic tradition.