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<< Our Photo Pages >> Brennanstown - Portal Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Dublin

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Sunday, 13 October 2002  Page Views:

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brennanstown Alternative Name: Glendruid, The Druids’ Altar
Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Dublin Type: Portal Tomb
Nearest Town: Dun Laoghaire  Nearest Village: Cabinteely
Map Ref: O2286824182
Discovery Map Number: D50
Latitude: 53.254030N  Longitude: 6.159786W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
1 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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gaoithe visited on 17th Mar 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3 local cycle + walk, Glendruid/Brennanstown Dolmen and Tully's high cross I think this site had been scheduled to become a developed shopping centre/apartments/??? site. However the Celtic Tiger crashed so for the moment this is still an amazing place to visit. We more or less used the directions from Brennanstown Vale on megalithomania site. The lane in Brennanstown lane now ends in a new 6ft wall which we climbed over. The start of that route should be changed to Carrickmines Luas stop. No wall climbing needed from there. Start at Carrickmines Luas stop. Walk along the Luas line until Brennanstown Luas stop (not an operating Luas stop). There is plenty space to walk beside Luas line now (Mar 2011) planting is still very young. At Brennanstown Luas stop climb rail and climb over wall into valley directly OR easier to go longer way around out of Luas stop on other side, enter field and go around under the bridge into the valley. These directions still work 2019. The walk in the valley beside stream in woods with big old trees is very nice. Tully's high crosses and church not too far away: http://www.megalithomania.com/show/site/236/tully_church_church.htm http://read-out.net/cabinteely/tully/site.html Today, lá fheile Padraic, we went to scout mass, had Irish breakfast at home, cycled to near Brennanstown luas, jumped over a wall, visited dolmen and stream and valley. Met Mary and Rocky. Cycled on Laghanstown road to Tully's church. Cycled on cul de sac, over motorway, over 2 gates home via Kilternan. Whew! 17k cycle. 3 bananas, 2 apples, 2 oranges, water, apple, purple dilutable http://gaoithe.blogspot.com/2011/03/local-cycle-walk-brennanstown-dolmen.html

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1980s Site in Co. Dublin Ireland (Southern) (Vote or comment on this photo)
Portal Tomb in Co. Dublin

Hidden in a small glen behind a modern bungalow (‘Glendruid House’) some 800 metres SSW of Cabinteely and on the left-hand side of the Brenanstown road when approaching from the N.7 and 400 metres past a signpost pointing to Tully Church and Crosses, this superb dolmen is well worth the trouble of finding and asking permission to visit. Seven granite uprights support a huge, characteristically-tilted capstone some 4.5 metres square and weighing 40 tonnes. This is one of the few megalithic tombs to be approached from above, so that one can see 2 artificial channels forming an inverted V carved on the top of the roofstone.

~ 2 kms SE (O 255230), surrounded by surburbia, immediately W of the Ballybrack-Bray road and 200 metres N of the junction of it with the Bray-Killiney road, in a football field opposite a house emblazoned with the name “Cromlech”, and entered via a door in the hedge, is Ballybrack Cromlech: a granite portal-tomb fenced in for protection. It too has a typically tilted capstone 2 metres long raised 2.7metres from the ground, with a single deep cupmark. Despite the disappearance of some sidestones and the backstone, the dolmen is worth finding.

~ 4 kms WSW in Kiltiernan (O 197224), 1.5 kms SSE of Stepaside, along a cul-de-sac leading off the N.43 for 500 metres, then up a private avenue and across 3 stony fields along a rough path which leads to the megalith from above is another portal-tomb with a huge capstone – which has displaced some of its supporting stones – and a very large chamber.

~ 5.5 kms WSW in Ballyedmonduff (O 185212) on the slope of Two-Rock Mountain, up three fields by a golf-course to the W of a by-road between the N.43 and the R.41 is a fine , unusually large and beautifully-situated Wedge-tomb commanding a fine view to the SW. Some of its kerbstones are massive, and though ruinous, the rectangular, double-walled gallery, divided into portico, main chamber and closed E chamber (as at Labbacallee in county Cork) are well-defined.
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Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by ladrin : Such a huge dolmen is a must to see! (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by ladrin (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by ladrin : Despite its position in the suburb of Dublin, it is surprisingly difficult to get there. Owner from the "Dolmen house" has no problem to allow access but those nettles and bramble is a challenge. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by durhamnature : Photo with figures for scale, from "Prehistory" by Miles Crawford Burkitt, 1921, via archive.org Site in Co. Dublin Ireland (Southern) (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by durhamnature : Photo from "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy" via archive.org Site in Co. Dublin Ireland (Southern)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by durhamnature

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by durhamnature : Photo from "Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy" via archive.org Site in Co. Dublin Ireland (Southern)

Brennanstown
Brennanstown submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from Wakeman's Handbook, via archive.org Site in Co. Dublin Ireland (Southern)

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Re: Brennanstown by Andy B on Tuesday, 06 March 2018
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National Monuments Service:
Class Megalithic tomb - portal tomb
Townland BRENANSTOWN
SMR No. DU026-007----
Description This very impressive portal tomb is located on the valley floor of a steep-sided glen close to a stream. A massive wedge-shaped granite roofstone (L 5.1m; Wth 4.5m; D 1.75m) covers a chamber (int. dims. L 3.1m; Wth 1.42m) and antechamber facing west. It rests on the two front portal stones (H 2.6m and 2m respectively) and three sidestones. A doorstone separates the main chamber from the antechamber. There are some granite boulders at the rear of the tomb wall which may have been part of an additional chamber (Borlase 1897, 2, 390-92; Ó Nualláin 1983, 96; Turner 1983, 5). There are two deep depressions on the upper surface of the roofstone, with ducts leading to the corner of the stone. This may be an original drainage feature. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Margaret Keane Uploaded on: January 15 2017
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Re: Brennanstown by aaronaaron on Monday, 17 November 2008
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when i was a teenager,during summer months, myself and my mates used to relax and chillout at the dolmen site on brennanstown road. we used to enter the site at an entrance on the old carrickmines bridge. it would take us approx 15 minutes to get to the site from here. we used to cross a small stream surrounded with shrubbery to get to the dolmen. one paticular day we arrived at the site. there was a horse grazing in the field where the dolmen is situated. it was a beautiful summer day and the sound of bees,birds and other wildlife was surrounding us. without anything obvious to us happening,all these sounds suddenly stopped. the horse then went completely crazy. at this point we became quite afraid and decided to leave. we made our way back accross the stream where we had entered. as we crossed we found a nuns veil,perfectly folded and left where we had first entered. we would have most certainly seen this earlier. what happened that day? was this site used for sacrafice? it has stuck with me ever since....
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