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Brehon's Chair
53.2678° N, -6.2648° E
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Brehon's Chair, sometimes Druid's Chair, is a megalithic site, and national monument, in Whitechurch, Rathfarnham, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, County Dublin, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
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Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Planning permission granted
1980s
Archaeological investigations
1989/1990
Housing construction
1998
An Bord Pleanála decision
2018
Development status update
2021
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Burial and Funerary Structures
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Religious and Ritual Structures
Ceremonial Platforms
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Artificial Mounds
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