Legananny Dolmen

Legananny Dolmen
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A Neolithic portal tomb on the slopes of Slieve Croob in County Down, Northern Ireland, approximately 4,500 years old. Its coffin-shaped capstone, over 3 meters long, is balanced on three upright stones reaching up to 2 meters high, giving it a distinctive tripod form likened to a coffin held high by pallbearers. Reports indicate an urn was found in the chamber beneath the tomb, and boulders under the grass suggest a cairn once covered the structure. A State Care Historic Monument, it is one of the most photographed megalithic sites in Ireland.

TypeDolmen
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryIreland
Coordinates54.3231° N, 6.0199° W

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