Middletown

Nearest town:
Bellananagh (7km NE)
OS reference:
N343925
OS sheet:
34
Latitude:
53° 52' 50.7 N
Longitude:
7° 28' 42.16 W
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Images

Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Another view, inside the chamber, of the notch in the sidestone.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

I had to clean this monument up a little. i had gloves in the car and went after the ivy and brambles. I’m thinking of carrying a secateurs in future.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The backstone is missing and the capstone looks to be in a precarious state from this angle.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

Left is the western portal. Maybe the eastern has been pushed outwards and is falling slowly under its own weight.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

The capstone rests on the two sidestones and the western portal. It may never have rested on the eastern portal as it seems the eastern sidestone has a notch carved out to stop the capstone slipping.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

From on top of the enclosure walls, after a tidy up.

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ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019
Image of Middletown (Portal Tomb) by ryaner

This is how I found it, in its own enclosure built in 2010, but obviously neglected ever since.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Apr 16, 2019

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