Druids Altar

Situated 350m E of White Lough on undulating ground. This small chamber, about 2m long, lacks a backstone. There are two portal-stones 0.8m apart at SSE, each about 1.7m high. The chamber sides are of single stones, that at E 1.5m high and the other somewhat lower. Just N of the western one there is a small set stone of uncertain function. A roofstone rests in a sloping position on the western portal-stone and both sidestones. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 130, No. 30) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 22 December 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 Neolithic in origin. Its partial survival offers insight into early megalithic construction techniques in the region.