Piper's Stones

#453 among destinations in Ireland

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Facts and practical information

The Piper's Stones or the Athgreany stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle at Athgreany, County Wicklow. It sits on a low hillock overlooking the N81, 2 km south of Hollywood. ()

Alternative names: Built: 500 B.C.E.Width: 75 ftCoordinates: 53°4'19"N, 6°36'46"W

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WicklowIreland

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Piper's Stones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Russborough House, Table Mountain, Church Mountain, Sugarloaf.

5.1 miN
Historical place, History museum, Art museum
Russborough House
131 min walk • Russborough House is a house near the Blessington Lakes in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. Located between the towns of Blessington and Ballymore Eustace, it is an example of Palladian architecture, designed by Richard Cassels for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown and built between 1741 and 1755.
6.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Table Mountain, Wicklow Mountains National Park
169 min walk • Table Mountain is a 702-metre peak in the southern section of the Wicklow Mountains range in Ireland. With a prominence of only 16 metres, it is only listed in a few of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland; it is the 110th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam Irish scale.
1.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Church Mountain
43 min walk • Church Mountain, also called Slieve Gad, is the westernmost of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. It is 544 metres high. At the summit are the remains of a large ancient cairn of pagan origin.
4.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sugarloaf
122 min walk • Sugarloaf is a 552 metres peak in west Wicklow, Ireland that lies on the northern edge of the Glen of Imaal. With a prominence of only 14 metres, it is not listed in any of the recognised categories of mountains in Ireland, and is a subsidiary summit of Lobawn 636 metres, to the north.
5.4 miN
Forts and castles
Barretstown Castle
139 min walk • Barretstown Castle is a castle in Ballymore Eustace, County Kildare, Ireland. It stands on the site of a late 12th century Anglo-Norman castle. It now hosts the Barretstown camp for sick children.
5.7 miS
Memorial
Castleruddery Stone Circle
145 min walk • Castleruddery Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland.
4.5 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Lobawn
116 min walk • Lobawn at 636 metres, is the 182nd–highest peak in Ireland on the Arderin scale, and the 219th–highest peak on the Vandeleur-Lynam scale. Lobawn has a flat boggy summit plateau with a "war department" concrete post to mark the top.
4.1 miSW
Archaeological site
Tornant Moat, Dunlavin
105 min walk • Tornant Moat is an Irish National Monument composed of a ringfort and nearby barrows.
3.5 miS
Village
Donard
89 min walk • Donard is a small village in County Wicklow, Ireland, located at the northern end of the Glen of Imaal, in the western part of the Wicklow Mountains. Donard takes its name from Dún Ard - High Fort - the ruins of which are still somewhat visible on a rise above the town.

Piper's Stones

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Piper's Stones plan & book

Piper's Stones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)