What is recorded here

Druids Altar holds three stones on a Longford farm slope, an upright marker and two fallen slabs that may be all a megalithic tomb still shows. It escaped the 1837 and 1887 maps, suggesting the land itself kept the place private while people walked past or forgot it. The stones do not need belief to be strange; they resist explanation by remaining visible, separate and unchanged.

On a slight slope in farmland. Not indicated on the 1837 or 1887 eds. of the OS 6-inch map. An upright stone (H 1m), aligned approximately E-W, stands 2.5m E of two prostrate slabs, the larger almost 2m in maximum dimension. Although not included by de Valera and Ó Nualláin (1972, 89) in their main list these three stones might be the last vestiges of a megalithic tomb. (ITA Survey 1944; de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 89, no. 2) Compiled by: Eamon Cody Date of upload: 22 November 2012 See linked documents with plan (LF011-004----_02) and details (LF011-004----_01) 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 significance lies in its megalithic construction and possible ritual or ceremonial function in a prehistoric landscape.

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