Legananny

Nearest town:
Carlingford (33km SSW)
OS reference:
J289434
OS sheet:
20
Latitude:
54° 19' 22.57 N
Longitude:
6° 1' 7.14 W
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Images

Image of Legananny (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The cloud stayed blanketing the Mournes for the rest of the day but Legananny was clear and bright and fantastic.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jun 6, 2021
Image of Legananny (Portal Tomb) by muller

A little off the beaten track (compared to other tombs in County Down) but so very worth the effort.

Image credit: tmulraney
muller
muller Jun 8, 2015
Image of Legananny (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

A slightly sterile place, won over by the simple charm of the four stones.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Apr 20, 2015
Image of Legananny (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Mid-air the capstone looks likes it’s about to be launched. Pity about the farm buildings and the barbed wire

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Apr 20, 2015
Image of Legananny (Portal Tomb) by Shereen

Sunday 16th May 2004: A beautifully sunny day at Legananny.

Image credit: Shereen
Shereen
Shereen May 19, 2004

Articles

Legananny

ryaner
ryaner Jun 7, 2021

With its own parking spot and two information boards Legananny dolmen is a well-known tourist draw in the mid-Down area. However, it is in a quite isolated spot, well off the beaten track and is generally quiet and peaceful.

The tripod dolmen misnomer (were they ever meant to be viewed as we see them today?) is shared with Ballykeel in South Armagh not too far away and comparisons are hard to avoid. I find Legananny more satisfying, even though the setting is a tad more claustrophobic with the farm buildings so close by.

The view south down the lane towards the Mournes was spectacular today, the sculpture (for what else could you describe it as?) taking on all sorts of shapes and characteristics as I moved around it. Denuded as it is it still retains a power and majesty all its own, mysterious and captivating. I stayed a while, managing to forget the pressures of a busy life, lost in appreciation, and awestruck by the beauty of it all.

Miscellaneous

Legananny
Portal Tomb
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Feb 28, 2010

Don’t forget your umbrella.

It is so beautifully balanced that the upper stone, though of enormous weight, can be easily rocked by pushing it with an umbrella. ... I think it is one of the finest cromlechs I have seen. --- Annesley.

That’s Lord Annesley to you, showing off his photographs of the cromlech on his land near Castlewellan. From the Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, Fifth Series, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Mar., 1895).

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