Mount Venus
Megalithic site in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland
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Mount Venus (or Cill an Véineas in Irish) is a megalithic site on the Mount Venus Road in Edmondstown, County Dublin, Ireland. It is a national heritage site.
It has been described by Borlase as one of the most magnificent in the world. It encompasses a massive capstone weighing in at 44 tons. It is partly collapsed on its supports and overgrown, and it has been suggested that this was a result of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake, as well as the 1690 Caernarfon earthquake. The capstone lies against a single large upright megalith.
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