Legananny

Legananny (Irish lag at Eanaigh, according to other sources: Liagán Áine, " Menhir of the goddess Áine ") is a townland and is located ten kilometers northwest of Castlewellan and four kilometers north of Leitrim, County Down in Northern Ireland. On a hill stands an impressive portal tomb. It is a so-called " tripod dolmen ", as only four stones are left over from the original installation, which makes it one of the most aesthetically interesting megalithic structures in the Irish countryside. J. Fergusson coined the term to describe these and similar portal or Stativdolmen. Pools were built around 3000 BC

Like all Stativdolmen is Legananny of three supporting stones and the capstone. The two portal stones are 1.9 m high. The rear bearing stone is 1.25 m high. The smooth capstone of granite is 3.45 m long and its thickness increases uncharacteristically low for carrying stone back. One of the portal stones shows an L-shaped, to a large extent artificial notch whose purpose is unknown. Such shoulder-shaped notches were also close to stone circles ( menhirs ) and the portal tomb of Wateresk found. You are also on the capstone of Ballykeel, County Armagh, and on a stone tomb of the Court of Ballywholan in County Tyrone (all in Northern Ireland).

The rest of the 5000 year old system is reminiscent of modern sculpture. The huge capstone shows how, in similar installations in the Republic of Ireland, that it is not only gone to the functional relationship, but also an impressive architecture in the construction of dolmens. The geometry of this dolmen has often been admired and can be found on countless illustrations. The view Fergusson that the system never was a stone grave, and when they are set exclusively, the intention was to impress is no longer shared by the archaeologists.

More " tripod dolmen " are, inter alia, Ballykeel, County Armagh and Proleek in County Louth.