Overview
Druids Altar — Clogher is recorded as Megalithic structure in Tipperary. On a low rise of ground on flat pasture in undulating countryside. 2.2m x 1.8m x 0.5m) situated in an overgrown grove of trees with rubble debris dumped inside the grove.
Who lived here and when
The saved account records: It is close to a house on the roadside and one end is built into a stable (Crawford 1910, 47).
Homes and daily life
The saved account records: There are several large boulders scattered around the interior of the grove which are impossible to examine due to the dumping of debris and the overgrown nature of the monument.
What was found
The saved account records: Ó Nualláin and De Valera (1982, vol.4, 99)were unsure if these stones were the remains of an authentic megalthic tomb.
Why it ended
The saved account records: These buildings are now destroyed with debris from their demolition dumped on top of the recumbent slab.
Why it mattered
Druids Altar — Clogher matters because the source ties megalithic structure to this exact landscape and preserves evidence that a bare map name loses. The saved account adds: On a low rise of ground on flat pasture in undulating countryside.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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