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Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Wednesday, 27 July 2022  Page Views:

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Belfast (Ulster Museum) Alternative Name: Ballintaggart
Country: Ireland (Northern)
NOTE: This site is 3.12 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Armagh Type: Court Tomb
Nearest Town: Belfast
Map Ref: J335725
Discoverer Map Number: D15
Latitude: 54.583135N  Longitude: 5.935897W
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.
3 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.
5 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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Belfast (Ulster Museum)
Belfast (Ulster Museum) submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1980s (Vote or comment on this photo)
A four-chambered tomb, originally from Ballintaggart in county Armagh, with a shallow forecourt of four orthostats with a good part of the cairn and kerb surviving has been erected on the far side of the Ulster Museum (just beyond the Queen’s University and overlooking the Botanic Gardens). Vintage slide photo from the 1980s.

A good overhead view of the tomb may be had from the museum’s cafeteria.

~ 6 km N is The Giant’s Ring, Ballynahatty in county Down: a large henge enclosing a small passage-tomb.

Note: Prehistoric Rock Art in Ireland Talk, Sat, 30th July, details in the comments on our page
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Belfast (Ulster Museum) - Drumbest Horns Stamp
Belfast (Ulster Museum) - Drumbest Horns Stamp submitted by dodomad : Drumbest Horns, County Antrim, Northern Ireland c800 BC now on display in the Ulster Museum One of the Royal Mail collection of eight 'Ancient Britain' stamps for January 2017 See more in our Megalithic Stamp Collection (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Belfast (Ulster Museum) submitted by durhamnature : Ancient stone chair of the O'Neills of Clan na Boye, in the museum. From archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Prehistoric Rock Art in Ireland Talk, Sat, 30th July, 1:00pm - 2:00pm by Andy B on Wednesday, 13 July 2022
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Prehistoric Rock Art in Ireland Talk, Sat, 30th July, 1:00pm - 2:00pm

This lunchtime talk with w Dr Rebecca Aroon Enlander will give an overview of the prehistoric rock art tradition in Ireland, including the differences between passage grave art (or megalithic art), cup-and-ring rock art, regional trends, and the chronology of the tradition.

The results of a number of archaeological excavations at rock art sites in Ireland will be used to explore the context of these sites, and how communities may have interacted with rock art in prehistory. Case studies will also be looked at to highlight examples of deliberate acts of concealment, display and deposition of rock art in Ireland through time.

This includes the display and deposition of rock art in prehistoric and early medieval contexts, such as cist burials and souterrains, and the re-engagement with some rock art landscapes as recently as the early modern era, when some rock art sites were used during the 17th century Irish Penal era.

Useful tips and resources for visiting and recording rock art in your local area will also be discussed.

Ulster Museum, Botanic Gardens, Belfast, BT9 5AB, United Kingdom

https://www.archaeologyuk.org/festival/festival-event-listing/prehistoric-rock-art-in-ireland.html

#FestivalofArchaeology 2022

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Re: Belfast (Ulster Museum) by robinhaldane on Thursday, 09 May 2019
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This monument was removed to storage some years ago, although I gather that there is a possibility of it being restored near to its original location.
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    Re: Belfast (Ulster Museum) by joegar on Wednesday, 04 September 2019
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    The stones are in a heap at the back of Cultra.
    Richmount Rural Community Association is completing a major heritage project on the townland of Ballintaggart funded by Heritage Lottery. See Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/241843530059948/
    It is entitled:From Stone age giants to the 20th Century - 5 millennia of heritage at Ballintaggart.

    There is a lot of history in this relatively small townland.

    Joe Garvey
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Re: Belfast (Ulster Museum) by Anonymous on Saturday, 09 June 2018
Hi. I live in the Rown land of Ballintaggart my Road address is 30 Drumnasoo Road Portadown BT62 4EU. Our road was called Ballintaggart lane before he Council changed it. My uncles and grandfather worked ar Troughtons quarry and my uncle Micheal worked on the tar plant which was next to a group of palm trees surrounding the giants grave as everyone locally new it. They were not allowed to go near it with the machinery and this was a strick rule by the land owner TG Troughton. Some how a company from England bought the quarry off Troughtons and started to expand it at an alarming rate because of the building of the M1. That’s whe the tomb went missing and my only living uncle thought it had been crushed for stone as he had left Troughtons at that stage. Recently he found out it was actually moved to Belfast and still exists. As he’s probably one of the oldest people who remember it and he played around it when a child I thought I’d email you and see if you could email me any photos and reports which where carried out on the Tomb back in the sixties so I can show them to him. I have actually found the path of the old road from the tomb in a north easterly direction by accident 15 years ago while doing digger work for my neighbouring farmer who’s ground runs into Troughtons. There has been a lot of interest in the tomb recently which is brilliant as it’s bringing our community together and it’s a pleasant surprise to discover your Townland had one of the oldest Court tombs in Ireland. Iv registered for this site and waiting on the password so I’ll log in once I get time. Thanks Martin
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    Re: Belfast (Ulster Museum) by Anonymous on Friday, 23 December 2022
    Hi Martin,



    I''m just finding out about Ballintaggart Court Tomb, despite having grown up just over the Armagh Road, in Derryhale, and spending time as a child playing along the old railway line just south of the quarry.



    It has been a while since you posted, but I wonder if you ever found those documents on the 1966 archaeological survey/excavation of the site to show your uncle?



    I''ve just located them myself after a bit of sleuthing. They are linked on this page:



    https://apps.communities-ni.gov.uk/NISMR-public/Details.aspx?MonID=5280



    This academic paper contains a photo of a ''carinated bowl'' found at the site:



    https://www.academia.edu/3417464/Neolithic_connections_along_and_across_the_Irish_Sea



    Would love to connect with you and hear more about the road you found.
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