Druids Altar

Situated on a low hillock, which is on a N-facing slope overlooking Lough Melvin. This is an overgrown roofless gallery (dims 4m E-W; 1.25m N-S) with displaced lintels and orthostats to the N representing the N portion of an E-facing court. There are slight traces of a cairn to the N and W. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 38-9) This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 477 See the attached view from the NE The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008 See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).

Portal dolmen; likely dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its positioning on a prominent slope overlooking Lough Melvin suggests ceremonial or ritual significance in the prehistoric landscape.