Piper's Stones, Bronze Age stone circle in County Wicklow, Ireland

The Piper's Stones is a Bronze Age stone circle at Athgreany, County Wicklow, about 2 km south of Hollywood. It sits on a low hillock overlooking the N81 and now consists of 16 granite boulders, only five of which remain in their original positions. The stones range from 1.3 to 1.92 m in height, and the circle is roughly 23 m in diameter. A larger outlier stone, 2 m high, stands to the north-east.

No archaeological excavation has been carried out here, so the late Bronze Age date of roughly 1400–500 BCE is an estimate. The Ordnance Survey of 1941 recorded 29 stones; today 16 granite boulders remain, only 5 in their original positions, after an attempt to remove the circle disturbed the rest. A stone pair in the north-east marks the entrance, aligned with the outlying Piper stone 40 m away.

The name comes from a local tale that people caught dancing to bagpipe music on a Sunday were turned to stone, and the outlier 40 m to the north-east is the piper. The field is called Achadh Greine, after Grainne, goddess of fertility in old Irish myth. A two-trunked whitethorn near the stones is one of the sacred trees, linked to Beltane.

The site is signposted from the N81, 2 km south of Hollywood, with parking on a hard shoulder. Access is over a locked gate or a wooden stile, then 200 m up a low hill to the circle. The ground is uneven and the stones stand in grass, so wear sturdy footwear.

The Ordnance Survey of 1941 recorded 29 stones; today 16 remain, and only 5 stand in their original positions, giving the circle its present 23 m diameter. A larger outlier, 2 m high, stands about 40 m to the north east and is said to be the piper of the folk tale.