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<< Our Photo Pages >> Audleystown Court Tomb - Court Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Down

Submitted by Stone Free on Monday, 10 November 2014  Page Views: 4103

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Audleystown Court Tomb Alternative Name: Audleystown Cairn
Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Down Type: Court Tomb
Nearest Town: Strangford
Map Ref: J562503
Latitude: 54.377387N  Longitude: 5.596834W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by Stone Free : A dual court tomb close to Strangford town (Vote or comment on this photo)
Court Tomb in Co. Down
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Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : Chambers on the NW side. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter (Vote or comment on this photo)

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad (Vote or comment on this photo)

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : Southern Side. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter (Vote or comment on this photo)

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : Southern side. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter (Vote or comment on this photo)

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : Showing the double areas. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : From the NE End. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by dodomad : Overall view. Photo by Patrick Brannigan @PatrickJMB on Twitter

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by SteveTerry : Each tomb had four chambers

Audleystown Court Tomb
Audleystown Court Tomb submitted by SteveTerry : A classic example of a dual-court tomb

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Re: Audleystown Court Tomb by SteveTerry on Thursday, 29 July 2021
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Situated near the S shore of Strangford Lough at J 5619 5035, this is a classic example of a dual-court tomb. The cairn is trapezoidal in plan and is orientated NE-SW, with the wider end facing SW. It is revetted with a drystone wall of shale slabs and outside this is a ‘buttress’ of shale and earth. Each court leads into a gallery with four chambers, all of roughly equal size.

Only the two chambers of the NE gallery were empty – instead of burials there was a fire pit and evidence of intense burning. The remains of about 34 people were found in the remaining chambers, comprising men, women and children. Not all the bodies received the same treatment - some bones were partially-burnt, others were fully cremated and some were not burnt at all. The majority of the inhumations were women and children and were of disarticulated bones, occasionally collected into groups – some small long bones, a jaw fragment and a pig’s jaw were placed in the second chamber of the SW gallery. This is clear evidence of either exhumation or excarnation.

As well as the pig’s jaw, other animal bones were present including horse. Sherds of pottery and lithics were found throughout the deposits. The pottery assemblage included round-bottomed, plain and carinated bowls, decorated Goodlands-style sherds and some Carrowkeel Ware.
It was excavated by A.E.P. (Pat) Collins in 1952 and published in 1954.
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