Knockeen Portal Tomb
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Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Knockeen Portal Tomb

Megalith in County Waterford, Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Knockeen, Co. Waterford52.20749, -7.15910
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - portal tomb
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Capstone
  • Portal stones

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, and constructed of local stone. It is facing NW up a gentle slope and is built into the wall of the graveyard around Knockeen church (WA017-033001-).

Full archaeological record 98 words

Situated on a gentle S-facing slope, and constructed of local stone. It is facing NW up a gentle slope and is built into the wall of the graveyard around Knockeen church (WA017-033001-). It is complete with two portal-stones, two sidestones, a backstone and a sillstone. A rectangular roofstone rests on the portal-stones, and a subsidiary roofstone lies over the sidestones and backstone. (Du Noyer 1864-6, 479; Atkins 1896, 69-70; Borlase 1897, vol. 1, 61-2; Poe 1906; Anon. 1912, 279; Harbison 1970, 238-9; 1992b, 326; Ó Nualláin 1983, 103)

Anon. (1912) Proceedings - Waterford historical sketch, JRSAI 42, 256-83.

References

  • Atkins, R. (1896) The rude stone monuments of our own and other lands. WAJ. Vol. 2, 131-61.
  • Borlase, W. C. (1897) The dolmens of Ireland. 3 vols. Chapman and Hall, London.
  • Du Noyer, G. V. (1864-6) On cromleacs near Tramore in the County of Waterford; with remarks on the classification of ancient Irish earthen and megalithic structures, JRSAI, 8, 474-82.
  • Harbison, P. (1970) (Reprint 1972) Guide to the national and historic monuments of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan Ltd., Dublin.
  • Harbison, P. (1992b) Guide to the national and historic monuments of Ireland. Gill and Macmillan Ltd., Dublin.
  • Poe, J. W. (1906) Knockeen Cromlech. WAJ, vol. 9, 202-03.
  • Ó Nualláin, S. (1983) Irish portal tombs: topography, siting and distribution. JRSAI 113, 102-03.
  • This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 158/1941).

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Updated 23 December 2008 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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