Waterford Ireland

Borlase assigns fifteen dolmens to Co. Waterford (Holiday Apartments, Waterford, Ireland) ; of these Knockeen is remarkable. Situated about a mile from Waterford city, it is of great size and in good preservation. One of the covering slabs is 13 ft. long by 8 ft. wide, and weighs about ten tons; it is supported by six uprights. This dolmen belongs to a type, fairly common in Waterford (Bed and Breakfasts, Waterford, Ireland), which has a main chamber and an outer chamber or portico. About two miles further, on the main road, is another dolmen in the town land of Gaulstown ; it is of the same type as that at Knockeen, its cap-stone weighs about six tons. Close to this is a smaller monument of the cistvaen type, and about two miles further from these, at Ballymotey, is a remarkable pillar stone. One other large dolmen in the same district, situated in the town-land of Ballynagccragh, a mile to the west of Dunhill, may be mentioned. It is well preserved ; its cap-stone, which measures 12 by 8

Posted on April 17th, 2008 under Antiquities. Tags: 10 tons, 13 ft. long, 8 ft. wide, Antiquities, borlase, fifteen dolmens, knockeen, Waterford. Comments: 1