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Situated on a gentle N-facing slope 130m NNW of a cairn (WI024-006----). Two substantial standing stones (NW stone - H 1.07m; Wth 0.6m; T 0.66m; SE stone - H 1.4m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.8m) stand 7.8m apart at either end of a mound of earth and large stones (dims. 10.3m NNW-SSE x 4m NNE-SSW; H 0.3-0.7m). (Price 1967, 510)
Described by Price (1934, 40-1) as ‘the monument in the townland of Parkmore, which is called "Giant's Grave" on the Ordnance map, consists of two pillar-stones standing 26 feet [7.9m] apart. The taller of the two is 5 feet 3 inches [1.6m] high, and its greatest width is 3 feet [0.9m]; the other stands to the W.N.W. of it, and is 4 feet 3 inches high [1.3m], and about 2 feet [0.6m] square. I know of no tradition concerning this monument’.
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.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 16 November 2012
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 145/1940).
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