Knickeen

Nearest town:
Baltinglass (13km WSW)
OS reference:
S983949
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
52° 59' 45.07 N
Longitude:
6° 32' 8.84 W
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Image of Knickeen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Ogham visible down the right-hand side of the stone.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 19, 2021
Image of Knickeen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

Looking north-west towards Sugatloaf and Lobawn. The red lichen is gone but so are the trees to the north and the views are fantastic.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 19, 2021
Image of Knickeen (Standing Stone / Menhir) by ryaner

The ogham script is reasonably clear in this shot.

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ryaner
ryaner Oct 14, 2006

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Knickeen

ryaner
ryaner Sep 8, 2013

Very accessible standing stone in the forestry here, close to the Glen of Imaal. On the day we were there in early September, 2013, the army were practicing their artillery fire – made us feel relieved to live in a peaceful country.

The stone itself is really rather beautiful, partially covered with a red lichen and heart-shaped. It’s well over two metres tall, and aligned east-west on its longer axis. The southern side curiously seems the more ‘hidden’ side, craggy and pitted as opposed to the flat northern side. The Ogham is in the north-east ‘corner’ and reads MAQI Ni/eLI (’of the son of Níall?’)(According to the Arch. Inventory.)

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