Английская Википедия:Antynanum

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox UK place 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]

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Шаблон:County Antrim