What is recorded here
Knockeen Portal Tomb is an archaeological place in County Waterford, Ireland. Built around 2500 BC, the Neolithic monument stands 3.5 metres high and 2.1 metres wide. Five large uprights and two capstones create a tightly closed chamber with a keyhole entrance that faces northwest. This alignment points toward the Sugarloaf hill, suggesting the structure may have marked solar and lunar cycles.
Knockeen Portal Tomb is recorded as a archaeological place in County Waterford. Its open map record supplies this location and any linked names or public references.
Places near here
DolmenPortal tomb · 2 yd
Enclosure in KnockeenEnclosure · 228 yd
Sugar Loaf RockMountain / peak · 1045 yd
St, Brigets Church (in ruins)Church · 1.2 mi
Historic buildingOfficially recorded historic building · 1.2 mi
Cullen Castle (in ruins)Castle, tower house · 1.5 mi
Mote or TumulusCastle, motte · 2.5 mi
Mount Congreve GardensHeritage attraction · 3.3 mi
Tourist InformationVisitor information · 3.3 mi
Monterey CypressMonterey Cypress · 3.5 mi
Doneraile WalkWalking route · 3.5 mi
Tramore Dunes WalkWalking route · 3.5 miOther information
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