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Ireland
A 7m granite pillar in County Kildare — one of the tallest standing stones in Ireland. A Bronze Age monument now surrounded by the famous racecourse.
This site is freely accessible to the public.
Within the grounds of Punchestown Racecourse. Access may be limited on race days. Short walk from the road.
Punchestown Racecourse car park.
Lone menhirs and monoliths — silent sentinels marking sacred ground.
Grid Reference
53.1647°N, 6.6472°W
Other sites to explore in this region.
A holy well dedicated to St Brigid of Kildare, draped with ribbons and offerings. One of Ireland's most visited sacred water sites, blending Christian and pre-Christian devotion.
The ancient seat of the High Kings of Ireland — a sacred hill with Neolithic passage tombs, Iron Age earthworks, and the Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny).
The capstone of this portal dolmen in County Carlow is estimated to weigh over 100 tonnes — the heaviest in Europe. A staggering Neolithic feat.
Ireland's most famous passage tomb, older than the Egyptian pyramids. At winter solstice, sunlight floods the inner chamber through the roof box — a 5,000-year-old feat of engineering.