Annadorn dolmen
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The Annadorn Dolmen is located near Loughinisland, on the north-east bank of Loughinisland Lake, in County Down , Northern Ireland . The dolmen sits on a hill overlooking the Loughinisland Churches, a group of three destroyed churches.
The type of megalithic complex is unclear as the complex has not been excavated. One explanation says that the three bearing stones, which are now about 60 cm high on the ground, were once vertical and supported the 65 cm thick capstone. J. Fergusson (1808–1886) coined the term "tripod dolmen" for this subspecies of the portal tomb . It is used on dolmens , which are not uncommon in the region , where the capstone rests on three supporting stones ( Ballykeel , Legananny , Proleek ).
According to a description published in 1802, the dolmen was originally covered by a high stone mound and accessed through a covered passage. If this description is reliable, it is a kind of passage tomb , the chamber of which would, however, be very low and completely atypical and correspond to a group of dolmens that are difficult to classify, such as those found in Ireland, especially in Connemara .
- Annadorn Dolmen
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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 , p. 87.
- Colm J. Donnelly: Living Places. Archeology, Continuity and Change at Historic Monuments in Northern Ireland. The Institute of Irish Studies - The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast 1997, ISBN 0-85389-475-2 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 31 ″ N , 5 ° 48 ′ 13 ″ W.