CIIC 51. Knickeen, Co. Wicklow
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Site Type
Unassociated
Description
Site
'Situated on level ground in forestry' (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 35-6).
Monument
'Granite monolith, narrower at the base than at the top (2.37m x 2.03m (top)- 1.02m (base) x 0.58m) with long axis aligned E-W' (Grogan and Kilfeather 1997, 35-6). 'Pieces broken from stone' (Macalister 1916, 230). The 3D model shows large cracks in the stone which are otherwise largely hidden by the lichen and texture of the stone.
Text
up on NE edge, picked. 'Scores broad and shallow' (Macalister 1916, 231).
Translation
'of the son of Nilos?'
Commentary
Although a spelling NELI might be expected (nom. *Néll, Mod. Ir. Níall) Macalister's (1945, 231) reading NILI is clearly correct.
Locations
Found
On level ground in forestry (recently cleared around stone) in townland of Knickeen, barony of Upper Talbotstown. (GPS coordinates -6.536390, 52.995927)
Original
Find location probably original site
Last recorded
On site. The present location of this stone may be accessed via the National Monuments Service Historic Environment viewer on www.archaeology.ie.
History of Recording
Inscription identified by Macalister from a slide in 1916. Marked 'The Long Stone' on 6' Ordenance Survey map.
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