Sunday, 14 October 2012

Irish Photograph - The Giants Ring Belfast


The Giant's Ring is a henge monument at Ballynahatty, near Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, Ireland. The site consists of a circular enclosure, 180m (590ft) in diameter and 2.8 hectares (6.9acres) in area, surrounded by a circular earthwork bank 3.5m (11ft) high. At least three of the five irregularly spaced gaps in the bank are intentional and possibly original. East of the centre of the enclosure is a small passage tomb with a vestigial passage facing west. There were reports of other tombs outside the enclosure, but there is no trace of these.

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