This is a beautiful example of a tripod dolmen. Much of the cairn is still marked out and stretches for some 25m behind the tomb.
The capstone nestles onto the three 2m uprights, again like Legananny just resting with minimal contact. The door stone is still in place and is just under 1m tall.
The views are broken by hedgerows and a few houses but the context in which this wonder sits is still quite fantastic.
The capstone measures about 3m in length and the whole structure is very like Legannany dolmen.
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Last time I was here I was really only looking at the monument itself, but I had noticed a few things on the pictures afterwards that I wanted to check out. The beauty of Slieve Gullion to the east is inspiring, but it is Slievebrack and the tiny Mullaghbane Mountian to the south that this tomb bows to. Unfortunately, someone allowed someone else to build a bungalow smack-bang in front of the tomb obscuring this view!
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Well, we'd just been to Legananny (County Down) so it seemed only natural to see the other great 'tripod dolmen'. The site is looking very well cared for and there is a new sign here too. Someone in the north has been very busy!
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| John B from California |  |
From Newry follow the A25 west and then the B30 south. The B30 and the B134 merge for a while, but the B30 branches of west again, follow this until you reach Ballykeel where you will find signposts to the dolmen. Basically turn left in Ballykeel and then first left again.
A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Springfield (Co. Sligo) |  The Calf House (Co. Cavan) |  Wateresk (Co. Down) |
 Brittas (Co. Wicklow) |  Haroldstown (Co. Carlow) |  Ballindud (Co. Waterford) |
