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Megalith (abstract root)

Balmalloch

United Kingdom

DatedEst. 4000–2400 BCE

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Balmalloch ist eine Megalithanlage des Typs Bargrennan Tomb. Sie liegt im Weiler Bellamore, nördlich von Barrhill im Süden von South Ayrshire in Schottland. Von den nur 14 Exemplaren dieses Typs befindet sich die Mehrzahl in Dumfries and Galloway. Namensgebend für die Gruppe, deren Merkmal ein Passage Tomb im Rundhügel ist, war der White Cairn von Bargrennan.

Balmalloch ist ein gestörter und teilweise beraubter Rundhügel, der wie viele Bargrennan Tombs auf einer kleinen Anhöhe liegt. Der nicht überwachsene Cairn, aus eckigen Steinen, ist etwa 2,4 m hoch und hat 17,0 bis 18,0 m Durchmesser. Der Rand ist, ausgenommen im Osten, klar erkennbar. Zwei Kammern, die eine im Osten, die andere im Norden, sind vorhanden, wobei keine Zugänge erhalten sind. Auf der Südwestseite könnte eine weitere Kammer liegen. Obwohl verschiedene Eintiefungen in der Oberfläche des Hügels liegen, wurde er nicht ausgegraben.

In der Nähe liegt das Bargrennan Tomb Bencallen Hill.

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The site's dated range, placed against world reference points.

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  1. Göbekli Tepe9600 BCE
  2. First farming9500 BCE
  3. Avebury2600 BCE
  4. Great Pyramid of Giza2560 BCE
  5. Stonehenge2500 BCE
  6. Bronze Age collapse1200 BCE
  7. Rome founded753 BCE
  8. Parthenon447 BCE
  9. Hadrian's Wall122 CE
  10. Machu Picchu built1450 CE
12,000 BCE8,000 BCE4,000 BCE1 CE1,500 CE
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Est. 4000–2400 BCEHow this date was established: Type comparisonTypical for this type

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Balmalloch is a megalithic monument of the Bargrennan Tomb type, situated in the hamlet of Bellamore, north of Barrhill in South Ayrshire, Scotland. Only 14 examples of this type are known, and most are in Dumfries and Galloway.

The monument is a damaged and partly robbed round cairn standing on a small rise. Built from angular stones, it is about 2.4 m high and measures 17.0 to 18.0 m across. Its edge remains clearly visible except on the eastern side. Two chambers survive, one to the east and one to the north, but neither has a preserved entrance. A possible third chamber may lie on the southwest side.

The cairn has not been excavated, although several depressions are visible in its surface. Its date is estimated by type to 4000 BCE to 2400 BCE. Balmalloch is classed as an abstract megalithic root, and its name identifies the site within the group of Bargrennan Tombs.

The type is named after the White Cairn of Bargrennan. Its defining feature is a passage tomb within a round cairn. The nearby Bargrennan Tomb Bencallen Hill is also recorded. More generally, megalithic monuments in Britain include carved rocks as well as standing stones; cup and ring marks, a form of prehistoric art associated with the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, can appear on natural boulders and outcrops and on worked stones within megalithic monuments.

No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Balmalloch", shown in the original language.

Balmalloch

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Balmalloch is a megalith (abstract root) in South Ayrshire, United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: megalith in South Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. A typological estimate: 4000 BCE to 2400 BCE. No English Wikipedia article exists for it; the full text below is the German article "Balmalloch", shown in the original language.