244 Gray— Irish Cromlechs . 
4 . LOUGHMONEY CROMLECH. 
Sketch No. 4. 
The parish of Saul, so closely identified with the life and 
labours of St. Patrick, is rich in antiquarian remains, of which 
the cromlech of Loughmoney is one of the most interesting. 
It is in a good state of preservation, and stands in a field close 
to the public road, a few miles east of Downpatrick. The cap 
stone measures nine feet six inches by five feet three inches, 
supported by only two stones on edge, each seven feet by three 
feet, forming a chamber about two feet ten inches wide, and at 
present open at both ends. 
5 . LOUGHANISLAND CROMLECH. 
Sketch No. 5. 
On the north shore of Loughanisland lake, four miles south 
of Crossgar and four miles west by north of Downpatrick, near 
the Buck’s Head Tavern, in the townland of Annadorn, there 
is a cromlech having a well-defined chamber of four large blocks 
of stone, with a cap stone measuring eight feet by seven feet. 
The latter has been turned over a little from its normal position. 
Some years ago a utilitarian wanting building materials set about 
demolishing this cromlech by a powder blast. . A splinter of 
rock fell on and damaged the roof of his dwelling-house— an 
incident he took to be an omen of bad luck, and quietly gave 
up the undertaking. 
6. SLIDDERY-FORD CROMLECH. 
Sketch No. 6. 
Within a mile of Dundrutn, at Sliddery-Ford, on the New- 
castle road, in the townland of Wateresk, there is a very perfect 
cromlech. The cap stone, a granite block, measures seven feet 
six inches by seven feet six inches, or nineteen feet six inches in 
girth, covers a chamber formed of three blocks of stone, one 
being six feet high. In Dubourdieu’s statistical survey of County 
Down, page 271, he describes a circle of twelve standing stones 
near this cromlech. At present there are but two in the 
