Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

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

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb
Cromleac Bhaile na gCiarraíoch
The tomb at sunrise
Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb is located in Ireland
Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb
Shown within Ireland
Alternative nameBallinageerah Dolmen
LocationBallynageeragh, Dunhill, County Waterford
RegionIreland
Coordinates52.177811°N 7.276862°W / 52.177811; -7.276862
Typedolmen
History
Materialstone
Founded4000–3000 BC
PeriodsNeolithic
Site notes
ConditionPoorly reconstructed
OwnershipVeale family
Public accessYes
Official nameBallynageeragh
Reference no.384[1]

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 back stone. 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. "I.T.A. Topographical and General Survey" (PDF). Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. Map, The Megalithic Portal and Megalith. "Ballinageeragh".
  6. "Ballynageeragh Dolmen, Co. Waterford - Ken Williams". Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  7. "Ballynageeragh Dolmen".
  8. "Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb".
  9. Fletcher, George (21 May 2015). Munster. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107511439 – via Google Books.
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