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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Druids Altar (Monamanry)
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Laois Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Village: Monamanry
Latitude: 52.929344N Longitude: 7.145851W
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

no data Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

no data Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

no data Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Ring Cairn in Co. Laois

Looks like a ring cairn.
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4.2km S 190° Slatt Lower Stone Circle (S568827)
4.9km NNE 32° Druids Altar (Co. Laois) Stone Circle (S600910)
7.0km NNE 19° The Ass's Manger* Cist (S5967393415)
12.2km NNW 339° Rock of Dunamase Hillfort (S530982)
15.0km NNW 340° The Heath (Laois)* Barrow Cemetery
20.4km ESE 120° Browne’s Hill* Portal Tomb (S7538476873)
21.0km E 96° Castledermot High Crosses* Ancient Cross
22.1km ENE 75° Moone High Cross* Ancient Cross (S7891192693)
28.6km NNE 34° St Brigid's Holy Well Kildare* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (N73061080)
29.5km ENE 61° Brewel Hill Stone Circle (N833013)
30.3km ENE 57° Kilgowan* Standing Stone (Menhir)
30.7km ESE 121° Ardristan* Standing Stone (Menhir) (S8413871337)
31.1km E 86° Baltinglass* Passage Grave (S8855289249)
32.2km NE 50° Knockaulin Timber Circle (N820078)
32.2km ENE 67° Tournant Stone Circle (N870000)
32.5km NE 52° Old Kilcullen High Cross Ancient Cross
33.7km ESE 106° Haroldstown* Portal Tomb (S90087793)
34.5km E 87° Gates Of Heaven Burial Chamber or Dolmen
34.8km ENE 78° Castleruddery* Stone Circle (S9159394210)
35.2km ESE 114° Rathgall Destroyed Stone Circle Stone Circle (S900730)
35.4km ESE 113° Rathgall Hill Fort* Hillfort (S90227315)
35.6km E 80° Castleruddery Stone Row / Alignment (S925937)
36.0km E 87° Boleycarrigeen* Stone Circle
38.2km W 266° Timoney* Stone Circle (S193838)
39.0km ENE 66° Athgreany* Stone Circle (N930032)
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