Ballylumford Dolmen

Ballylumford Dolmen is a dolmen in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is near the north-west tip of the Islandmagee peninsula by Ballylumford power station.^[1] Known locally as the "Druid's Altar", it could be 4000 years old, or the remains of an even earlier passage grave. The dolmen consists of four upright stones, with a heavy capstone and a fallenstone within the structure. This may have been put there to block the entrance to the tomb. The dolmen is in the front garden of a house.^[2][3] A wall plaque at the site describes the dolmen as a single chambered grave erected about 2000-1600 BC. Local finds indicate occupation of the neighbourhood during the Bronze Age.^[4]

View of the dolmen prior to 1914.

Ballylumford Dolmen

Ballylumford Dolmen is a portal tomb and a State Care Historic Monument in the townland of Ballylumford, in Larne Borough Council area at grid ref: D4304 0160.^[5]

See also

• List of archaeological sites in County Antrim