Name: Legannany Portal Chamber / Tomb.

Location: Legannany townland, Dolmen Road, Castlewellan, Co. Down, Ireland.

Access: By Road with small car park at the bottom of the lane, with a small uphill 2min walk.

Description: A tripod dolmen, The long flat capstone is balanced elegantly on three unusually tall and thin upright stones, widely spaced an located on the south-west slope of Slieve Croob. The entrance to the chamber was from the south side between the two very tall portal stones. The portal chamber was covered in a stone and earthen cairn and trace of this are found surrounding the site.

A slab of stone lying in the middle of the chamber may have always been there or it may have came from the missing cairn that covered the chamber.

Traditional Lore: Linked with the Irish Goddess Áine.

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Measurements:  Just over 3 meters long with the tall stones being around 2 meters tall

Lat. 54.32 N :  Long. : -6.02 W

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Mythology: The monument has given Legananny Townland it's name. Liagan Áine means 'pillar stone of Anya'. She was the mother Goddess loved by the warrior Finn McCool.

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Last Updated - May 3, 2023

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