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Situated in a field N of St Kevin's Road. Nine granite boulders with thirteen basins. Four of these stones are in a group and are known as the 'Seven Fonts'. Marked on the OS 6-inch map 100m to the NW is 'Thornbush (site of), St Kevin's Keeve'. Desrcibed by Healy (1972, 128) as a boulder measuring 1.1m x 1.1m x 0.7m, 1 basin diam. 0.38m x 0.32m; depth 0.15m. In corner of field east of last (WI023-005003-). A flat-topped boulder with the basin 0.12m from one edge'.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 19 November 2012
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