Tony Mulraney
Brennanstown Glendruid Dolmen
This dolmen is thought to date from 2,500 BC, it is located in a stunning valley. close by is a stream which gives you a perfect soundtrack to view this superb site. The structure consists of twin portal stones and a door stone supporting a massive capstone. the hight of the dolmen is 11 ft and the capstone weighs around 45 tons. On the top of the capstone are two deep channels which run to the side, if the capstone was used as a druids altar these may have been of use to release the flow of blood from a human sacrifice or maybe they were just rain drains.
if you do visit this site remember it is at the back of a private residence so please ask first. my thanks to our own "Stonemason" who's great site www.megalithicireland.com/index.html made finding this dolmen very easy.
Brennanstown Glendruid Dolmen
This dolmen is thought to date from 2,500 BC, it is located in a stunning valley. close by is a stream which gives you a perfect soundtrack to view this superb site. The structure consists of twin portal stones and a door stone supporting a massive capstone. the hight of the dolmen is 11 ft and the capstone weighs around 45 tons. On the top of the capstone are two deep channels which run to the side, if the capstone was used as a druids altar these may have been of use to release the flow of blood from a human sacrifice or maybe they were just rain drains.
if you do visit this site remember it is at the back of a private residence so please ask first. my thanks to our own "Stonemason" who's great site www.megalithicireland.com/index.html made finding this dolmen very easy.