Description: This megalith is called the 'Browne's Hill' Dolmen because it is sited on a hill on which sits the former estate house of the Browne family.

This site remains unexcavated, so very little is known about this dolmen except that it was once supported by three stones at the front; a gate stone, and two portals (See photo, right).

The dolmen stands alone in the middle of a large field, and the stone is not local, suggesting either that it was carried here, or it travelled here during the ice-age. It is known as Browne's hill Portal Tomb, so-called because the entrance to the burial chamber was flanked by two large upright stones (orthostats) supporting the granite capstone, or roof, of the chamber. The granite capstone is thought to have been covered by an earthen mound and a gate-stone blocked the entrance. At Browne's hill both portal stones and the gate-stone are still in situ; the capstone lies on top of the portals and gate-stone and slopes to the ground away from the entrance. Not much additional information is available on Browne's hill because it has never been excavated. A fourth upright stands close by and could be the remains of a forecourt. The extent of the chamber cannot be determined.

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