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Antynanum is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the historic barony of Antrim Lower and the civil parish of Racavan and covers an area of 450 acres.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=IreAtlas Townland Database )〕 The name derives from the Irish: ''An Tidh na nama'' (The church of the soul).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Place Names NI )〕 The population of the townland increased during the 19th century:〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland )〕 The townland contains a Scheduled Historic Monument: a court tomb (grid ref: D2556 1094).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=NI Environment Agency )〕 The Neolithic court tomb is set in a cairn 60–70 metres long running east-west and 3 metres tall at the west end. The semicircular court, at the west end, leads into a 7 metre long two-chambered gallery.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Megalithomania )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Irish Megaliths )〕 The burial chambers are largely filled with cairn material. At the east end of the cairn is a single-chambered tomb with portal and displaced capstone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Irish Antiquities )〕 == See also == *List of townlands in County Antrim *List of archaeological sites in County Antrim 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Antynanum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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