Antynanum

Human settlement in Northern Ireland

County Antrim

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54°55′53.216″N 6°2′14.773″W / 54.93144889°N 6.03743694°W / 54.93144889; -6.03743694

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.^[1]

The name derives from the Irish: An Tidh na nama (The church of the soul).^[2]

The population of the townland increased during the 19th century:^[3]^[4]

Year	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
Population	41	51	53	64	56	56
Houses	9	12	13	14	12	17

The townland contains a Scheduled Historic Monument: a court tomb (grid ref: D2556 1094).^[5] 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.^[6]^[7] 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.^[8]

References

^ "Antynanum". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Antynanum". Place Names NI. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Census of Ireland 1891". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Scheduled Historic Monuments (to 15 October 2012)" (PDF). NI Environment Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Antynanum Court Tomb". Megalithomania. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Antynanum". Irish Megaliths. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
^ "Antynanum Court Tomb". Irish Antiquities. Retrieved 11 May 2013.