I have attempted to find this stone in the past and after the seemingly exhaustive search then I'd assumed it was now gone. So, I don't knwo why I really came back, but I'm very glad I did. This bullaun stone occupies the highest spot on a dome-like knoll that is bordered on the south side by a ravine created by a stream that runs down to the resevoir to the west.
On the edge of this small gorge is an ancient church site. It is this that give the townland its name - Knocktemple = Hill of the Old Church. The use of temple in a name only refers to very early churches and Kill is used for later ones. The remains of the church are now in the middle of a thorn thicket. They are unmortored. The bullaun stone is 35m to the north of the church ruins.
Unusually the upper surface of the bullaun stone is not flat. The single bullaun is set into a west-facing sloping face of the earthfast boulder. It is 35cm in diameter and holds water.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Brittas (Co. Wicklow) |  Killoughternane (Co. Carlow) |  Kilkieran (Co. Kilkenny) |
 Ballintrane (Co. Carlow) |  St. Manchan's (Co. Offaly) | Roundwood Graveyard I (Co. Wicklow) |
