点评:Beltany is a Bronze Age stone circle just south of Raphoe town (Irish: Ráth Bhoth which means 'Ringfort of the Huts') in County Donegal. It's estimated to have been constructed approximately 5000 years ago based on recent archeological research funded by the Irish Heritage Council. Dating Beltany from about 3000 BC makes this
monument older than Stonehenge and the the Egyptian pyramids (some published sources conversely date the construction of the stone circle at between 1300 and 800 BC).
The enigmatic stone circle is situated on the summit of Tops Hill 170m (350Ft) the circle having a diameter of 44.2m (145Ft), a circumference of 137m (449Ft) with 64 stones, ranging in height from 0.3m (1Ft) to 2.7m (9Ft), although there were probably about 15 to 20 more stones originally, 80 in total. Enclosing an earthen platform the centre has been greatly disturbed and most likely the result of unscientific attempts at excavation by locals or for available loose stones to build farm buildings and field walls. This evidence was provided orally and recorded in the Ordnance Survey Memoirs of 1836 where it states, 'locals recalled the removal of vast heaps of stone and sepulchral type graves with bones'. If the center of the stone circle once held a cairn or passage tomb, then the stones of the circle may be considered remnants of the tomb’s kerb.
翻译:贝尔塔尼 (Beltany) 是一个青铜时代的石圈,位于多尼戈尔郡的拉福镇(爱尔兰语:Ráth Bhoth,意思是“小屋的环形堡”)以南。根据爱尔兰遗产委员会最近资助的考古研究,它估计建于大约 5000 年前。约公元前 3000 年的贝尔塔尼 (Beltany) 的约会使得这
这座纪念碑比巨石阵和埃及金字塔还要古老(一些已出版的资料相反,石圈的建造日期是在公元前 1300 年至公元前 800 年之间)。
神秘的石圈位于 Tops Hill 山顶 170m(350Ft),直径为 44.2m(145Ft),周长 137m(449Ft),有 64 块石头,高度从 0.3m(1Ft)到 2.7 不等。米(9 英尺),尽管最初可能还有大约 15 到 20 块石头,总共 80 块。该中心围成一个土制平台,受到了极大的干扰,很可能是当地人不科学地尝试挖掘或利用松散的石头来建造农场建筑和田野围墙的结果。这一证据是口头提供的,并记录在 1836 年的《军械测量回忆录》中,其中写道,“当地人回忆起拆除了大量石头和带有骨头的坟墓类型的坟墓”。如果石圈的中心曾经有一座石标或通道坟墓,那么石圈的石头可能被认为是坟墓路缘的残余物。