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Rocking it at Cloughmore

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 21 older comments, and then…
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    1839. Or, photo #39.

    It is possible receding glacier planted it there or if very steep terrain to the right it tumbled down, but the base of the boulder looks notched for the plinth to hold it upright and a tree planted just in case to keep it all in place. You know Irish are clever people, just not clever enough to make the whole of Ireland a Republic under their own flag.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The stone has a wikipedia page

    It's on the list of State Monuments as a portal tomb.
  • Suck Diesel said:
    Reproduced in
    Belfast 1902 : a guide to Belfast and the counties of Down & Antrim / prepared for the meeting of the British Association by the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club

    www.alamy.com/a-guide-to-belfast-and-the-counties-of-down...
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The dolmen fits your theme, since it was built 4000 years ago!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Niall McAuley an excellent observation!

A dolmen in my front garden? Don't mind if I do!

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  • Photos of the Past said:
    Brilliant!
  • National Library of Ireland on The Commons said:
    Photos of the Past Thanks James!
  • DannyM8 said:
    Druids Alter, Islandmagee This is "Ballylumford Dolmen" or locally known as the Druids Altar. The Druids Altar could be 4000 years old, or it could be an even earlier passage grave. It consists of 4 upright stones, with a heavy capstone, and a fallenstone within the structure .This could have been put there to block the entrance to the tomb. islandmagee.webs.com/photos.htm
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Ballylumford.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    OS 6" link at GeoHive.

Dolmen or portal tomb? As we are in Wales, perhaps cromlech is best

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  • Sharon Corbet said:
    It may be in Wales.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Lots of trees in the background suggests East rather then West...
  • O Mac said:
    and each Midsummer's Eve, the capstone spins around three times and all the stones go to the nearby river to bathe en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Lythans_burial_chamber
  • Sharon Corbet said:
    Google Satellite view, of St. Lythan's (it's hidden behind a hedge in Streetview).
  • Niall McAuley said:
    It looks as if Sharon has it!