Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb
Cromleac Bhaile na gCiarraíoch
Shown within Ireland
Alternative name Ballinageerah Dolmen
Location Ballynageeragh, Dunhill, County Waterford
Region Ireland
Coordinates 52°10′40″N 7°16′37″W / 52.177811°N 7.276862°W / 52.177811; -7.276862Coordinates: 52°10′40″N 7°16′37″W / 52.177811°N 7.276862°W / 52.177811; -7.276862
Type dolmen
History
Material stone
Founded 4000–3000 BC
Periods Neolithic
Site notes
Condition Poorly reconstructed
Ownership Veale family
Public access Yes
Reference no. 384[1]

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb is a dolmen and National Monument situated in County Waterford, Ireland.[2][3][4]

Location

The tomb is located in pastureland 1 km (⅔ mile) northwest of Dunhill, near the headwaters of the Annestown River.[5][6]

History

Dolmens were constructed in Ireland in the 4th millennium BC. Investigations in the late 1930s revealed cremated bone, flint and charcoal in the chamber. The tomb was (clumsily) reconstructed in 1940.[7][8]

Description

The dolmen has an oval capstone, 4 × 2.65 × 0.7 m, weighing 6¾ tons.[9] The tomb faces southwest (toward the setting sun) but the portal-stones are missing. The capstone rests on a doorstone and a cushion stone on top of the backstone. There are several side stones.

References

  1. ↑ "National Monuments in County Waterford" (PDF). National Monuments Service. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Society, Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological (1 January 1867). "The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society". The Society – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". 1 January 1941 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ http://snap.waterfordcoco.ie/collections/efolders/155321/155321.pdf
  5. ↑ Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "Ballinageeragh".
  6. ↑ "Ballynageeragh Dolmen, Co. Waterford - Ken Williams".
  7. ↑ "Ballynageeragh Dolmen".
  8. ↑ "Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb".
  9. ↑ Fletcher, George (21 May 2015). "Munster". Cambridge University Press – via Google Books.
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