Court Tomb by Ballintaggart
The Court Tomb of Ballintaggart ( Irish Baile an tSagairt ) is an original in County Armagh in Northern Ireland built megalithic Court Tomb . It was demolished as part of a quarry expansion and rebuilt in the Botanical Gardens of the Ulster Museum in Belfast .
Court Tombs or Court Cairns ( German "Hofgräber" ) belong to the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in the north of Ireland or in the province of Ulster in Northern Ireland .
description
The four-chamber megalithic complex with the rest of a forecourt consisting of four orthostats , which was preserved with part of the cairn and the curbs, is a typical “double court tomb”. In recent years the monument has grown over and is surrounded by a fence.
About six kilometers north of the original location in the townland of Ballintaggart is the Giant's Ring of Ballynahatty in County Down . A large henge encloses a small passage tomb here .
See also
literature
- Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. An Introduction and Guide. 6th edition, 2nd imprint. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Belfast 1987, ISBN 0-337-08180-8 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 34 ′ 51.7 " N , 5 ° 55 ′ 53.3" W.