Drombeg stone circle, Bronze Age stone circle in Glandore, Ireland.

Drombeg is an axial stone circle of local sandstone, 9.3 m in diameter, of which 13 of the original 17 stones survive. Two portal stones about 1.8 m high stand opposite a long recumbent stone 1.9 m long, which bears two egg-shaped cup-marks, one ringed. About 40 m west lie two stone-walled huts and a fulacht fiadh with a hearth, well and water trough.

The stone circle was built about three thousand years ago during the Bronze Age, when people created such places for rituals and gatherings. Excavations in the 1950s uncovered cremated human remains and pottery fragments inside the site, showing it was used over several centuries.

The name "The Druid's Altar" was given to the circle long after it was built; the recumbent stone at the west end, 1.9 m long, carries two egg-shaped cup-marks, one enclosed by a ring. Terence Meaden has read a carving on the northern side of one stone as a phallus about 200 mm long, and a 280 by 160 mm outline on a recumbent stone as vulvar. Both carvings are prehistoric.

The site is open and accessible year-round in a rural setting, where you can walk freely around the stones and cooking area. Wear sturdy shoes and bring weather protection, as the ground can be muddy and the wind is often strong.

About 40 m west of the circle stand two round stone-walled huts and a fulacht fiadh with a hearth, a well and a water trough, linked to the huts by a causeway. The smaller hut holds the remains of a cooking spot on its eastern side, and the trough was heated by dropping hot stones into the water. The fulacht fiadh stayed in use until roughly the 5th century AD.