Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

Cromleac Bhaile na gCiarraíoch
The dolmen at sunrise, 2019
Location in Ireland
Alternative name	Ballinageerah Dolmen Ballynageere Dolmen
Location	Ballynageeragh, Dunhill, County Waterford, Ireland
Coordinates	52°10′40″N7°16′37″W / 52.177811°N 7.276862°W / 52.177811; -7.276862
Type	Dolmen
History
Material	Stone
Founded	c. 3500 BC [1]
Periods	Neolithic
Site notes
Condition	Poorly reconstructed
Ownership	Veale family
Public access	Yes
National monument of Ireland
Official name	Ballynageeragh
Reference no.	384 [2]

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb is a dolmen and national monument in County Waterford, Ireland. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Location

The tomb is located in pastureland 1 km (0.6 mi) northwest of Dunhill, near the headwaters of the Annestown River. ^{[6] [7]}

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

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. ^{[1] [8]}

Description

The dolmen has an oval capstone, 4 m × 2.65 m × 0.7 m (13.1 ft × 8.7 ft × 2.3 ft), weighing 6+3⁄4 long tons (6,900 kg). ^[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 back stone. There are four uprights and two cap stones and several side stones. ^[10]

References

1. "Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb". Megalithic Ireland.
2. "National Monuments in County Waterford" (PDF). National Monuments Service. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
3. 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.
4. "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland". 1 January 1941 – via Google Books.
5. "I.T.A. Topographical and General Survey" (PDF). Waterford County Council. 1942. p. 168. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
6. Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "Ballinageeragh".
7. "Ballynageeragh Dolmen, Co. Waterford - Ken Williams". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
8. Mulraney, Tony (June 2014). "Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb". Historic Sites of Ireland.
9. Fletcher, George (21 May 2015). Munster. Cambridge University Press. p. 109. ISBN   9781107511439 – via Google Books.
10. Meehan, Cary (2004). Sacred Ireland. Somerset: Gothic Image Publications. p. 515. ISBN   0 906362 43 1.