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Legananny Dolmen is a megalithic dolmen or cromlech nine miles southeast of Banbridge and three miles north of Castlewellan, both in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is on the slopes of Slieve Croob near the village of LeitrimThe name Legananny is believed to be derived from Irish: Liagán Áine meaning "Áine's standing stone" – Áine being an Irish goddess.
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there are still quite a few of these over Ireland, they were built to be covered by mounds of earth
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They were!? Why mounds of earth?
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hard to read the minds of those ancients but they sometimes buried bones of their ancestors there, the whole subject is more conjecture than fact however and all we can say for sure is they had some ritual meaning
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I was in Leitrim last week,, f'''' sake,, if i had of known this was there,,, uggggh!..
Beautiful stones,, and i love the information,,, thank you..
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its signposted and I passed by the signs many times, nothing better to do that day so I decided to follow them, result!
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Im going to go the for sure,, im in Leitrim every 2 months... Beautiful part of the country..
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it is in a deserted mountain track... really worth seeing thanks!
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beautiul colors! I really like the shadows under the rock as well. Great shot
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a very bright day and yes the shadows give it some depth 
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thank you, there are a few shaped almost exactly like this in Ireland, mysterious indeed
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old stones are the best stones
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