Legananny Dolmen

The Legananny Dolmen is a megalithic dolmen or cromlech nine miles southeast of Banbridge and three miles north of Castlewellan, both in County Down, Northern Ireland [1]. It is on the slopes of Slieve Croob near the village of Leitrim in Drumgooland parish [1]. It is a State Care Historic Monument sited in the townland of Legananny, in Banbridge District [1]. This tripod dolmen has a capstone over 3 m long and 1.8 m from the ground [1]. It dates to the Neolithic period, making the monument around 5,000 years old [1]. Such portal tombs were funerary sites for the disposal of the dead in Neolithic society [1]. The three supporting stones are unusually long and there are slight traces of a cairn which must have been far more extensive [1]. Some urns were found underneath [1].