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Gallán Bhaile Phúinse | |
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| Alternative name | The Long Stone |
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| Location | Punchestown Great, Naas, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Type | Standing stone |
| Circumference | 3.3 m (11ft) at base |
| Height | 7 m (23 ft) |
| History | |
| Material | granite |
| Founded | 2450–1900 BC |
| Cultures | Beaker people |
| Site notes | |
| Public access | yes |
| Designation | National Monument |
Punchestown Longstone is a menhir (standing stone) and National Monument near Naas, Ireland.
Location
The Longstone is located about 3.5 km (2 mi) southeast of Naas, and about 600 m north of Punchestown Racecourse, in a field just off the Craddockstown road.
History and archaeology
The nearby Longstone at Forenaghts Great also had a trapezoidal cist which contained cremated human remains, pottery and a fragment of an wristguard – a typical Beaker find. This suggests the Forenaghts Great Stone was erected in the period 2450–1900 BC when Beaker was in use in Ireland. The Punchestown Longstone probably dates to the same time. In 1981 a Bronze Age cist burial containing the cremated remains of four people were found 700 m (800 yd) east of the Longstone.[1][2]
The stone is made of local granite and is almost 7 metres high, weighing over 9 tonnes. It fell over in 1931 and was reerected.[3]
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