Aughnagurgan megalithic complexes
The megalithic sites of Aughnagurgan are located in the Northern Irish townland Aughnagurgan ( Irish Achadh Mic Gargáin meaning "Mac Gargan's field"), west of Newtownhamilton in County Armagh , near the border with the Republic of Ireland . As portal Tombs be megalithic on the British Isles referred to in which two equally high upright stones therebetween with a door stone which form the front of a chamber which is covered with a massive part endstone.
The Tomb portal
The Tomb portal is in a pasture, on a slope with a view of Lake Tullynawood. The remains consist of a large capstone and four portal or side stones made of fine-grain granite . The capstone is about 3.2 m long, 2.0 m wide and 0.3 m thick and tilts to the southeast, where it strongly pushes the other stones inwards. The two stones in the northwest stand upright. The southern (sloping) portal stone is 1.47 m high. Thomas George Farquhar Paterson (1888–1971) wrote in 1940 that the capstone was knocked off the supports during the lifetime of the then owner's father.
The second megalithic complex is located on a field boundary, about 200 m west of the Tombs portal. The structure not to be classified consists of six large stones ( in situ ) and several smaller stones, which may also be in situ. Three large, probably displaced stones lie on the side. The large stones in situ form the edge of an area about 2.75 × 4.0 m, which is about 0.4 m above the surrounding ground. The smaller stones sink in height to the northeast end, which is marked by a single 0.15 m high stone. Two approximately 1.0 m high stones, which are 1.0 m apart, mark the southwest end. The facility is a Scheduled Monument .
See also
literature
- 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 ° 11 ′ 56 ″ N , 6 ° 40 ′ 0.8 ″ W.