SELECTED MONUMENTS IN
COUNTY KILKENNY

Place-names in italics refer to listed entries.

Glencloghlea: Portal-tomb
S 698 273
Sheet 76

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2.4 kms W of New Ross, 400 metres up a tarred lane to the NW of a by-road leading to Mullinavat - then 400 metres up a grassy track to an abandoned farm, and then across two fields, this portal-tomb has a capstone 3 by 2.4 metres and 1.5 metres thick. It is supported by one slab-like portal-stone 1.5 metres high, and a door-stone. The backstone has collapsed.

Kilmogue: Portal-tomb
S 503 281
Sheet 75

Up a farm lane and across a field to the N. this fine dolmen, 1 km W of Harristown, is hidden in a hollow and surrounded by bushes. It is known as Leac an Scáil ("The Spirit Stone"). Its portal-stones are 3.6 metres high, framing a fine door-stone 2.7 metres high. The dramatically-tilted capstone projects beyond the portal and reaches a height of 4.5 metres. Its lower end rests on a smaller, horizontal stone which partly covers the chamber. Traces of cairn survive round about.

~ 3.2 km SW in Garryduff , immediately W of a crossroads 2.4 km NE of Owning is "The Long Stone", a menhir nearly 3.5 metres high.

Knockroe: Passage-tomb
S 430 283
Sheet 75

A passage-tomb on Kilmacoliver Hill not far SE of the celebrated 9th century crosses at Ahenny in Tipperary (and a similar distance NW of the cross at Kilkieran in county Kilkenny) has been a well-kept secret for some years now. Currently being excavated by by a team from University College, Dublin, it apparently has Newgrange-style decorated stones, and a light-box which allows beams from the rising sun at the winter solstice to pass along its passage. More information on this tomb would be greatly welcomed.