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Photo Gallery |
| W 262 456 (Pub.) | Diameter 3.1 x 2.8m (Pub.) |
| Visited July 1998 |
Also know as Knockawaddra, Lettergorman is
a five stone Irish recumbent circle. All five stones are present, but the
northern portal stone has fallen and is covered by the thorn bush that engulfs
its partner. The recumbent is a substantial 1m tall flat-topped block at the SW,
all of the other stones are taller (max. 1.4m), and much thinner, the western
stone being very thin. What looked like field clearance stones were visible in
the circle interior.
Lettergorman was a good example of two accessory features that we noticed at
many Irish sites, namely thorn trees or bushes and white quartz boulders or
pebbles. As many of these features were obviously recent, perhaps they are a
result of older beliefs surviving into modern folklore.