Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb
Photo: Alexander Redfern · CC BY-SA 4.0
Megalithic tomb - portal tomb

Ballynageeragh Portal Tomb

Dolmen and National Monument in Ireland.

  • AccessNot confirmed
  • National MonumentIn State care
  • DateNot stated
  • FolkloreNone recorded
  • PhotoWikimedia Commons
Ballynageeragh, Co. Waterford52.17768, -7.27690
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At a glance

  • TypeMegalithic tomb - portal tomb
  • Recorded size 4m x 2.65m; T 0.7m
  • StatusNational Monument

What to look for

  • Capstone
  • Portal stones

Picked out from the Archaeological Survey description below.

Can you visit?

  • No source says it is open to the public.Most monuments in Ireland stand on private farmland.
  • Ask the landowner before crossing fields, close gates, leave the stones as you find them.Visiting responsibly
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History and description

Situated in pasture on a broad plateau with a slight E-facing slope. An oval roofstone (dims. 4m x 2.65m; T 0.7m) is resting on the septal-slab and the backstone with a cushion-stone between the roofstone and the backstone.

Full archaeological record 84 words

Situated in pasture on a broad plateau with a slight E-facing slope. An oval roofstone (dims. 4m x 2.65m; T 0.7m) is resting on the septal-slab and the backstone with a cushion-stone between the roofstone and the backstone. The tomb, which faces SW, lacks portal-stones but the sidestones are present. It was investigated and conserved in 1939-40 when cremated bone, flint and charcoal were found in the chamber (Herity 1964). (Du Noyer 1864-6, 480; Atkins 1896, 68-9; Ó Nualláin 1983, 103; Harbison 1992, 325)

References

  • This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 63/1938).

Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service (CC BY 4.0) · Compiled by Michael Moore · Updated 13th May 2011 · Based on the Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford. It describes the site as it was when surveyed.

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