Ballymeanoch

In Ballymeanoch ( Scottish Gaelic: Baile Meadhonach ) at Kilmartin in Scotland, the A816 west is a megalithic site which consists of two parallel rows of stones and a Neolithic henge is, which was surrounded by a stone circle of smaller stones. In the center of the Henges are two stone boxes. Near the stone rows is a small cairn. The plant was excavated in 1864.

Stone rows

The two rows of stones are placed at a distance of 40 m parallel to each other. Your age is estimated at 4000 years. A number consists of four stones which are ordered by size. The highest measured 4.1 m. The middle two stones bear cup-and -ring markings.

The second row consists of two stones, the larger of which is three meters high. A third Standing Stone with markers and a hole in the center, 20 m northwest of this series, rushed to the late 19th century and broke. The parts were excavated in 1977, taken away and placed in the vicinity. As with similar stones beschaffenen the popular belief was narrated that one can be healed of diseases, if you put the limbs through the hole. The hole is 7 cm in diameter at the narrowest point, at least for adults too small to practically carry can. The popular belief is probably made to find an explanation for the function of this unusual stone.

Henge

The Henge of Ballymeanoch lies in a field, not far from the stone row. The Neolithic earthwork includes the only 40 centimeters high outer wall and an inner moat, interrupted in the north and south by the access to the inner region. The Henge has about 40 meters in diameter. The shallow trench is about four meters wide but at most 40 inches deep. Inside there are two damaged stone boxes, which were discovered in 1864 during the excavations Greenwell.

The larger and more central ( 0.7 m deep ) stone box was built from two unusually long side plates (up to 2.75 m ) and covered by a massive 2.4 m long 1.4 m wide and 0.25 m thick capstone. One of the front edge stones missing. The bottom of the box is made from carefully poured round pebbles. The box had been robbed before the excavation, so nothing was further found.

In the northeast, a second, much smaller stone box was found ( 0.9 m long, 0.4 m wide and 0.5 m deep), which was still closed in 1864 and consisted of four plates and the capstone. Today, the capstone and a frontal boundary stone missing. It contained the remains of three burials, accompanied by a fragmentary cup, which is located in London in the British Museum.

Environment

The facility is located on private property, but can be a series of gates, between which sheep graze enter. A few hundred meters from the Cairn is of Dunchraigaig, in the three stone chests were with some grave goods, including a flint knife and an ax, found.