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Photos of some artifacts from around Killiney hill Clockwise: 1 and 2: Ancient Druidish altars, also used in recent years for secret "Black masses" by modern devil-worshippers. 3. The "Wishing stone" 4. The famous "Druids Chair"
It was on this land that the monuments (which may later have become the 'Druids Chair') were found. There is dispute as to whether the 'Druid's Chair' is historic or a Victorian folly, perhaps created from the stones of an ancient monument. The debate has never been resolved but for many years it was included on maps as a 'Pagan Temple. In the year 1831 a stone coffin, containing a perfect skeleton and numerous ancient coins (Saxon and Danish), was found by a ploughman in a field near Killiney
Only a few yards away but partly obscured by foliage is a second obelisk, inscribed Mount Mapas, of which little is known. John Mapas is known to have left money for a memorial and this could be it.
A short distance away is a stepped mound known as the Wishing Stone (1852). According to local lore your wish will be granted if you walk around each level and stand facing Dalkey Island as you make your wish.