Cleanup date January 2008 The MegalithicPortal http www.megalithic.co.uk is a web resource dedicated to prehistoric archaeology and closely related subjects. Many ancient site s have disappeared over the last 50 years or so due to development and intensive agriculture . The MegalithicPortal s mission is to document, publicise and protect those that remain and help to ensure their preservation for future generations. Information is contributed by thousands of visitors from all over the world, on types of prehistoric monument from chambered tombs and standing stones to Hill fort hillfort s and settlements, and much in between. There are many tens of thousands of listings, and over the years the site has extended beyond prehistoric megaliths , extending to, for example Pictish symbol stone s in Scotland. So while still calling itself the MegalithicPortal, it is has also become the biggest online repository of data on related areas of interest such as holy wells and ancient crosses in the UK. ref http www.britarch.ac.uk ba ba85 ontheweb.shtml On the Web , British Archaeology Magazine, Nov .... The MegalithicPortal has existed in its current form since February 2001. The information is maintained ... to add to the database. In 2002, Archaeology Magazine reviewed the MegalithicPortal, describing ... 2002 ref As of January 2010 the MegalithicPortal has been constituted as a non profit making membership society ref http www.megalithic.co.uk article.php?sid 2146412614 The MegalithicPortal Society ... articles and book reviews. The MegalithicPortal s news feeds are often referenced from other archaeological ..., audio and other resources. References references DEFAULTSORT MegalithicPortal Category Archaeological organisations Category Public archaeology Category Megalithic monuments ... database began in 1997 as Megalithic Mysteries, and the Prehistoric Web Index, ref http easyweb.easynet.co.uk ... on Google Street View in the UK and elsewhere ref http googlemapsmania.blogspot.com 2010 04 megalithic ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 Infobox Book name The Megalithic European orig title translator image Image Megalithiceuropean.jpg 200px The Megalithic European by Julian Cope author Julian Cope cover artist country United Kingdom language English language English series classification Non fiction genre Reference , Gazetteer publisher Element Books release date 18 October 2004 media type Print pages 496 isbn 0 00 713802 4 oclc 56648115 preceded by The Modern Antiquarian 1998 followed by The Megalithic European The 21st Century Traveller in Prehistoric Europe is Julian Cope s second book on historic sites, this time looking at continental Europe and Ireland. Like its predecessor The Modern Antiquarian the book is split into a shorter, discursive introduction with the bulk of the text being a gazetteer of sites. As with The Modern Antiquarian , sites are listed alphabetically within their sections. See also Megalith Neolithic Europe Dolmen Stone Circles External links http www.themodernantiquarian.com The Modern Antiquarian DEFAULTSORT Megalithic European Category 2004 books Category Archaeology books Category Books by Julian Cope ... more details
Multiple issues expert June 2010 refimprove September 2007 Megalithic art refers to the use of large stones as an artistic medium. Although some modern artists and sculptors make use of large stones in their work, the term is more generally used to describe art carved onto megalith s in prehistoric Europe . Megalithic art is found in many places in Western Europe although the main concentrations are in Ireland , Brittany and Iberian Peninsula Iberia . Megalithic art started in the Neolithic and continued into the Bronze Age . Although many monument types received this form of art the majority is carved on Neolithic passage graves . Megalithic art tends to be highly abstract and contains relatively few representations of recognisable real objects. Megalithic art is often similar to prehistoric ... of rock carving also have large stylistic differences. The meaning of megalithic art is the subject ... to day. Image Newgrange Entrance Stone.jpg thumb 280px Newgrange entrance stone with megalithic art. Boyne Valley, Ireland Ireland Ireland has the largest concentration of megalithic art in Europe ... of megalithic art. The earliest examples in this area are with anthropomorphic representations ... examples are the passage grave at Gavrinis and the Barnenez mound. Iberia Iberian megalithic art contains ... features white as well. Germany Megalithic art is extremely rare in Central Europe . The gallery grave at Z schen megalithic tomb Z schen in Germany is an intriguing exception, as it appears to mix motifs known from the west European megalithic tradition with others more familiar from Valcamonica alpine ... and the Source of Irish Megalithic Art. in Antiquity 69, pp539 549 Shee Twohig, E. 1981. Megalithic ... Southern France Megaliths http www.iol.ie geniet eng reijs.htm Some thoughts about megalithic art http www.culture.gouv.fr culture arcnat megalithes en index en.html Detailed discussion of Breton megalithic art Prehistoric technology DEFAULTSORT Megalithic Art Category Art media Category Bronze Age ... more details
Selfref For a list of all Wikipedia portals, see Portal Contents Portals Selfref For an overview of portals on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia Portal wiktionary Portalportal portals Portal may refer to Portal architecture , a gate, door, or the extremeties ends of a tunnel Portal fiction , a magical or technological doorway that connects two different locations. tocright Computing Enterprise portal , a framework to provide a single point of access to a variety of information and tools Intranet portal , a gateway that unifies access to all enterprise information and applications Portal rendering , an optimization technique in 3D computer graphics Web portal , a site that functions as a point of access ... interface for massively parallel supercomputers Entertainment Portal interactive novel Portal interactive novel , a 1986 video game by Activision Portal video game Portal video game , a 2007 video game by Valve Corporation Portal 2 , the sequel to Valve s 2007 video game PortalPortal TV series Portal TV series , a series about MMORPGs Geography Portal, California Portal, Georgia Portal, North Dakota Music Portall , a Thrash Death Metal band from the Netherlands Portal Australian band , a metal band from Australia Portal UK band , a band from the UK Portals album Portals album , a 2009 album by Arsonists Get All The Girls Other uses Portal comics , a Marvel comic character Portal Magic The Gathering Portal Magic The Gathering , a set in the Magic The Gathering card game Portal Bridge , over the Hackensack River in New Jersey Portal Software , a company based in Cupertino, California Clube Atl tico Portal , a football club based in Uberl ndia, Brazil Portals Athletic F.C. , a defunct football club, based in Overton, England Portal magic trick , an illusion performed by David Copperfield illusionist David Copperfield People with the surname Antoine Portal 1742 1832 , French anatomist, doctor and medical historian Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford 1893 1971 ... more details
POV date April 2011 A Megalithic Yard is a unit of measurement, about convert 2.72 ft m , ref Thom, Alexander., The megalithic unit of length, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, A 125, 243 251, 1962 ... that some researchers believe was used in the construction of megalithic structures. The proposal was made by Alexander Thom as a result of his surveys of 600 megalithic sites in England , Scotland , Wales ... calendar, the geometry of stone rings and megalithic measurement url http books.google.com books ... additionally proposed the Megalithic Rod of 2.5 MY ref Thom, Alexander., The larger units of length of megalithic man, Journal for the Royal Statistical Society, A 127, 527 533, 1964. ref and suggested the Megalithic Rod could be divided into one hundred and the Meglithic Yard divided into forty, which he called the Megalithic Inch of convert 2.073 cm in . Thom applied the statistical lumped variance ... A. Thom title Megalithic sites in Britain, p. 43 url http books.google.com books?id Y6p DwEACAAJ accessdate ... measuring rod s based on the Megalithic Yard in United Kingdom Britain . ref name Ruggles2003 cite book author Margaret Ponting chapter Megalithic Callanish editor Clive Ruggles title Records in Stone ... eights of this rod convert 33.2 in cm as very close to a megalithic yard . ref name North1996 cite ... convert 0.63 in cm from the Megalithic Yard over 3000 years. ref name Critchlow1979 cite book author Keith Critchlow title Time stands still new light on megalithic science, p. 37 url http books.google.com ... made a comparison of his Megalithic Yard with the Spanish vara, the pre metric measurement of Iberia ... ref Verify source date April 2011 Jay Kappraff has noted similarity between the Megalithic ... Macaulay author2 Richard A. Batchelor title Megalithic measures and rhythms sacred knowledge of the ancient Britons, p. 38 Megalithic yardsticks url http books.google.com books?id QqkVAgAACAAJ accessdate 23 April 2011 date July 2006 publisher Floris isbn 9780863155543 ref reported that the Megalithic ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Megalithic Symphony Type Studio album Artist Awolnation Cover Awolnation Megalithic Symphony.jpeg Released March 15, 2011 digital br March 29, 2011 physical Recorded Red Bull Studios, AWOLSTUDIO, Avatar Studios, Main and Market, Gymnasium, Fireside Sound Studio Genre Electronic rock , alternative dance , alternative rock Length 55 59 Label Red Bull Records Producer Aaron Bruno, Jimmy Messer, Brian West Last album Back from Earth br 2010 This album Megalithic Symphony br 2011 Megalithic Symphony is the debut album from United States American electronic rock band Awolnation . It was digitally released through Red Bull Records on March 15, 2011 and physically on March 29, 2011. The first single, Sail song Sail , peaked at number 82 on the Billboard magazine Billboard Billboard Hot 100 Hot 100 . The second single, Not Your Fault , was released at the end of 2011. Burn It Down Awolnation song Burn It Down wasn t released as a single but a music video was made for it and it was featured in Sons of Anarchy . Megalithic Symphony , upon release, was a critical success. Track listing tracklist all writing Aaron Bruno, except where noted title1 Megalithic Symphony length1 0 58 title2 Some Sort of Creature length2 0 27 title3 Soul Wars note3 Bruno, Eric Stenman length3 3 37 title4 People note4 Bruno, Stenman length4 3 58 title5 Jump on My Shoulders length5 4 08 title6 Burn It Down Awolnation song Burn It Down note6 Bruno, Jimmy Messer length6 2 45 title7 Guilty Filthy Soul note7 Bruno, Messer length7 3 34 title8 Kill Your Heroes note8 Bruno, Brian West length8 2 59 title9 My Nightmare s Dream length9 0 27 title10 Sail song Sail length10 4 19 title11 Wake Up length11 3 03 title12 Not Your Fault length12 4 03 title13 All I Need note13 Bruno, Messer length13 3 38 title14 Knights of Shame note14 Bruno, Cameron Duddy length14 14 58 Amazon ... text align center 16 Awolnation Category 2011 albums Category Awolnation albums nl Megalithic Symphony ... more details
The Portal located at coord 78.0629 159.300 display inline,title is the gap between the Lashly Mountains and Portal Mountain , through which the main stream of the Skelton Glacier enters the Skelton N v from the polar plateau . The descriptive name ref 1 ref was given in January 1958 by a New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Expedition CTAE , 1956 58. References reflist 1. USGS Geographic Names Information System GNIS http geonames.usgs.gov DEFAULTSORT Portal Category Mountain passes of the Ross Dependency Category Hillary Coast RossDependency geo stub ... more details
Ireland has a wealth of impressive historical monuments. In Ireland there are four types of megalithic tomb s court cairn s, passage tomb s, wedge tomb s and portal dolmen s. ref cite book last Valera and Nuall in year 1961 title Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland publisher Ordnance Survey Ireland location Dublin ref Court tombs Main Court tomb There are about 300 of this type of tomb sometimes called a lobster claw cairn in Ireland. These tombs have an open east facing entrance court which leads into a number of rectangular chambers up to four . The chambers are roofed on the inside by Corbel arch corbelling . Each of these chambers may contain burial inhumations and Cremation cremated remains. Surrounding these chambers is a low dry stone wall with Megalithic architectural elements Orthostat orthostats at the extremities. Passage tombs Main Passage grave There are many tombs of this type in Ireland. Examples include Newgrange , Knowth , and Dowth .The passage tomb is a large mound of earth or stone with a narrow passage leading from outside to a central chamber or chambers. Wedge tombs Main Wedge tomb Between 500 and 550 of these wedge tombs survive today. They are generally found in the west and north west of Ireland. Their sloping roof and narrowing walls at one end produce their characteristic wedge shape. Portal dolmens Main Dolmen There are 163 portal tombs in Ireland ... often narrowed at the rear. The entrance is marked by tall portal stones. On top lays a huge single cap stone resting on the portal stones on the front and sloping at the rear where it rests on the backstone ... the case though as many tombs face different directions. Examples of Portal Tombs Kilmogue, Co. Kilkenny, Poulnabrone in the Burren, Co Clare and Knockeen, Co. Waterford. See also List of megalithic monuments in Ireland References reflist Sources Shire Archaeology Irish Megalithic Tombs. External links http www.knowth.com Megalithic tombs of the Boyne Valley, Ireland Category Buildings and structures ... more details
culture . Portal stones Portal stones are a pair of Megalithic orthostats, usually flanking the entrance ...This article describes several characteristic architectural elements typical of European megalithic Stone Age structures. Forecourt In archaeology , a forecourt is the name given to the area in front of certain types of chamber tomb . Forecourts were likely the venue of ritual practices connected with the burial and commemoration of the dead in the past societies that built these types of tomb s. In European megalithic architecture, forecourts are curved in plan with the entrance to the tomb at the apex of the open semicircle enclosure that the forecourt creates. The sides were built up by either large upright stones or walls of smaller stones laid atop one another. Some also had paved floors and some had blocking stones erected in front of them to seal the tomb such as at West Kennet Long Barrow . Their shape, which suggests an attempt to focus attention on the tomb itself may mean that they were ... funerary purposes. Famous sites with kerbs include Newgrange where many of the stones are etched with megalithic ... orthostats were a focus for megalithic art . Port hole slab In megalith ic archaeology a port hole ... a third stone set horizontally across the top. Commonly used in the context of megalithic monuments, the most famous trilithons are those at Stonehenge and those found in the Megalithic Temples of Malta ... issue 1 2 year 1977 pages 31 63 50f. ref Further reading James Phillips, the Megalithic Architecture in Europe series See also List of megalithic sites List of ancient monoliths References Reflist External ... Archaeology Web A Spatial Analysis of megalithic Tombs http www.britarch.ac.uk The Council for British Archaeology http www.megalith.ukf.net The Megalith Map http www.megalithic.co.uk The MegalithicPortal Prehistoric technology DEFAULTSORT Megalithic Architectural Elements Category Architectural elements Category Megalithic monuments Category Stonehenge de Orthostat es Anexo Glosario de ... more details
List of megalithic monuments in County Cork Cork Ardgroom Beenalaght Bohonagh Carrigagulla Drombeg stone circle Glantane East Knocknakilla megalithic complex Labbacallee wedge tomb Templebryan Stone Circle See also Stone circles List of stone circles Category Megalithic monuments in Europe Category Archaeological sites in County Cork Category Cork related lists Megalithic monuments ... more details
Chamber Dolmen The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk date accessdate 2011 ... title Xemxija Temple Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk ...?sid 10416 title Tal Qadi Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk ... Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk date accessdate 2011 10 ... L Imramma Temple it Torri& 93 Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk ... article.php?sid 10404 title Buggiba Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher ... article.php?sid 10379 title Santa Verna Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith ... title Text Browse by Country, County and Type of Site The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map ...Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Megalithic Temples of Malta Image File Malta Hal Tarxien BW 2011 10 04 ... http whc.unesco.org en list 132 location map Malta float right width 250 caption Location of Megalithic ... of other some megalithic temples and other objects outside UNESCO World Heritage Sites within ... 35.855556 long 14.533333 label Tas Sil position right The Megalithic Temples of Malta are a series ... http whc.unesco.org en list 132 title Megalithic Temples of Malta UNESCO World Heritage Centre publisher Whc.unesco.org date accessdate 2011 10 09 ref Archaeologists believe that these megalithic complexes ... Site in 1980. ref name Unesco cite web title Megalithic Temples of Malta url http whc.unesco.org ... to include five other megalithic temple sites. These are a ar Qim in Qrendi , Mnajdra in Qrendi ... author url http www.megalithic.co.uk article.php?sid 10356 title Ta Marziena Ancient Temple The MegalithicPortal and Megalith Map publisher Megalithic.co.uk date accessdate 2011 10 09 ref Ta Raddiena ... The megalithic remains at gantija The gantija temples stand at the end of the Xag ra plateau , facing ... in many megalithic temple floors a version of it survived through to the modern era, and it was used ... more details
Infobox ancient site name Anakkara megalithic necropolis native name alternative name image imagealttext caption map type map alt latitude longitude map size location Kerala state , India region coordinates type megalithic necropolis part of Early Iron Age Malabar Coast length width area height builder material built ca. 500 BCE abandoned epochs cultures dependency of occupants event excavations archaeologists condition ruins ownership public access website notes Anakkara megalithic necropolis is an Early Iron Age megalithic cemetery located at Anakkara , near Kuttippuram in Malappuram district , Kerala state , India on the Bharathappuzha basin. The structure is distinguished with cairn circle s built around 500 BCE, postholes that probably point to the ancient practice of excarnation , and a woodhenge like ritual monument and a site of primitive astronomical intelligence. It is he first time in India that postholes have been found in the context of a megalithic cemetery. ref http www.hindu.com 2009 06 10 stories 2009061056772000.htm Pre historic cemetery discovered in Kerala The Hindu daily Wednesday, Jun 10, 2009 ref See also Muziris Pattanam excavations References Reflist Category Archaeological sites in Kerala Category Megalithic monuments ... more details
This is a list of megalith megalithic monuments on the island of Ireland . class wikitable sortable class unsortable Photograph Name County Coordinates Type Age File Annadorn 11 , October 2009.JPG 120px Annadorn Dolmen County Down Down coord 54 20 31.75 N 5 48 12.52 W name Annadorn Dolmen portal tomb File Ardgroom SW v707553 .jpg 120px Ardgroom County Cork Cork coord 51 44 23.23 N 9 53 37.9 W name ... Dolmen portal tomb File BallylumfordDolmen DonMcCluney Jul2007.jpg 120px Ballylumford Dolmen County Antrim Antrim coord 54 50 30 N 5 46 26 W name Ballylumford Dolmen portal tomb 4000 years File Dooey ... Dolmen County Carlow Carlow portal tomb 5000 6000 years File Carrigagulla 03.jpg 120px Carrigagulla County Cork Cork stone circle s, stone row s File CarrowkeelIreland.jpg 120px Carrowkeel Megalithic ... 54 32 25 N 5 57 0 W name Giant s Ring portal tomb File Glantane East Wedge Tomb.jpg 120px Glantane ... Goward Dolmen County Down Down coord 54.21464 6.09132 name Goward Dolmen portal tomb Image Grange ... W name Grange stone circle stone circle File Kilmashogue Megalithic Site 4.JPG 120px Kilmashogue County Dublin Dublin wedge tomb , portal tomb s, standing stone s File Knocknakilla Dolmen.jpg 120px Knocknakilla County Cork Cork coord 52.00680 9.02448 name Knocknakilla portal tomb , stone circle , standing ... Dolmen portal tomb File Tara stone.jpg 120px Lia F il County Meath Meath coord 53 34 39 N 6 36 43 ... 120px Meehambee Dolmen County Roscommon Roscommon portal tomb 5500 years File Newgrange Entrance.jpg ... County Clare Clare coord 53 2 55.83 N 9 8 23.83 W name Poulnabrone dolmen portal tomb File Slidderyford Dolmen, May 2011 03 .JPG 120px Slidderyford Dolmen County Down Down portal tomb File Templebryan ... Kerry coord 51 48 42.23 N 9 41 37.74 W name Uragh Stone Circle stone circle See also kml Irish megalithic ... Field Guide & Photographs by Anthony Weir... DEFAULTSORT Megalithic Monuments In Ireland Category Ancient Ireland Category Archaeological sites in Ireland Category Megalithic monuments in Europe ... more details
Baron Portal may refer to Baron Portal a title created in 1935 for Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal Sir Wyndham Portal, 3rd Baronet see Portal Baronets . Baron Portal of Hungerford a title created in 1945 for Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Charles Portal see Baron Portal of Hungerford . dab ... more details
Viscount Portal may refer to Viscount Portal a title created in 1945 for Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal Wyndham Portal, 1st Baron Portal see Portal Baronets . Viscount Portal of Hungerford a title created in 1946 for Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Charles Portal, 1st Baron Portal of Hungerford see Baron Portal of Hungerford . Category Viscountcies Portal Category Extinct viscountcies Portal ... more details
Lord Portal may refer to Any one of the Portal Baronets The first of the two holders of the title Baron Portal of Hungerford Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford Dab ... more details
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The Lohra tomb lang de Steinkammergrab von Lohra was a megalithic monument outside Lohra near Marburg in north central Hesse , Germany . It is one of the lesser known among its type in Central Europe . It dates to the late Neolithic , probably just after 3000 BC. ref Raetzel Fabian 2000, 130 ref It belongs to the gallery grave s of the Wartberg culture , but is unique among them because of its rich pottery ceramic assemblage. Discovery and excavation The tomb was discovered accidentally in 1931 by the farmer Jakob Elmsh user who encountered an obstacle when ploughing a field. It turned out to be a large rectangular sandstone block, sitting just below the surface. Professor Gero von Merhart , specialist for prehistory prehistoric monuments in the area, was contacted. As a result, the site was Excavation archaeology excavated by students from the University of Marburg under the direction of Otto Uenze. ref Huth 1989 Jockenh vel 1990, 435 ref Tomb architecture The sunken rectangular chamber measured c. 5 x 2.2m internal measurements , narrowing somewhat towards the back. Although most of its orthostaths were missing, it was still possible to reconstruct its rectangular plan from the foundation trenches. ref Uenze 1954, 28 29 ref The individual slabs reached a length of 60 cm to 1m, were 40 cm wide and about 80 cm high. Their weight varied between 800 and 1,000 kg. The tomb consisted of a large main chamber and a small open antechamber. They were separated by a large sandstone slab with a circular hole, similar to the one at Z schen megalithic tomb Z schen . This so ... remains In contrast to the finds from the well known tombs at Z schen megalithic tomb Z schen or Altendorf megalithic tomb Altendorf , the dead at Lohra had been cremation cremated . There were about ... Z schen megalithic tomb Altendorf megalithic tomb Niedertiefenbach megalithic tomb Wartberg culture ... Prehistoric sites in Germany Category Archaeology of Germany Category Megalithic monuments in Europe ... more details
called Seelenl cher German language German for soul holes in the tombs at Z schen megalithic tomb ... Eder Kreis , Arch ologische Denkm ler in Hessen 22, Wiesbaden, p. 3 ref , Lohra megalithic tomb ... Museum of Kassel . See also Z schen megalithic tomb Lohra megalithic tomb Niedertiefenbach megalithic tomb Wartberg culture Bibliography Jockenh vel, A. 1990 Naumburg Altendorf Megalithgrab ... on Wartberg tombs and French connections in German coord missing Hesse DEFAULTSORT Altendorf Megalithic ... Megalithic monuments in Europe Category Stone Age Europe Category Buildings and structures in Hesse ... more details
has been raised on different grounds, namely the narrow Seelenloch entrances, at Z schen megalithic tomb Z schen , Lohra megalithic tomb Lohra and Altendorf megalithic tomb Altendorf . Sequence Careful ... Z schen megalithic tomb Altendorf megalithic tomb Lohra megalithic tomb References reflist Bibliography ... DEFAULTSORT Niedertiefenbach Megalithic Tomb Category 4th millennium BC architecture Category Prehistoric sites in Germany Category Archaeology of Germany Category Megalithic monuments in Europe Category ... more details
a clay cup similar to examples from the related Lohra megalithic tomb Lohra tomb and collared bottles ... itself, 4 km to the east. ref Jockenh vel 1990, 375 7 ref See also Lohra megalithic tomb Altendorf megalithic tomb Niedertiefenbach megalithic tomb Wartberg culture References reflist 30em ... Zuschen Megalithic Tomb Category 4th millennium BC architecture Category Neolithic Europe Category Prehistoric sites in Germany Category Megalithic monuments in Europe Category Prehistoric art Category ... more details
The Portal Baronetcy , of Malshanger, Church Oakley, in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . It was created on 11 March 1901 for Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet Wyndham Portal , Chairman of the London and South Western Railway London and South Western Railway Company . His son, the second Baronet, was Chairman of Portals Ltd and Deputy Chairman of the London and South Western Railway Company. He was succeeded by his son, the third Baronet. He was also Managing Director of Portals Ltd and served as Ministry of Works United Kingdom Minister of Works during the Second World War . He was created Baron Portal , of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1935, and Viscount Portal , of Laverstoke in the County of Southampton, in 1945. Both titles were in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . Lord Portal was childless and on his death the peerages became extinct. However, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his 84 year old uncle, the fourth Baronet. He was President of the Trustee Savings Banks Association . On his death the title passed to his son ... son, the sixth Baronet, who succeeded in 1984. Sir Bertram Portal 1866 1949 , third son of the first Baronet, was a Brigadier General in the British Army . Portal Baronets, of Malshanger 1901 Sir Wyndham Portal, 1st Baronet Sir Wyndham Spencer Portal, 1st Baronet 1822 1905 Sir William Wyndham Portal, 2nd Baronet 1850 1931 Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal Sir William Raymond Portal, 3rd Baronet 1885 1949 created Baron Portal in 1935 and Viscount Portal in 1945 Viscounts Portal 1945 Wyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal 1885 1949 Portal Baronets, of Malshanger 1901 Reverted Sir Spencer Portal, 4th Baronet Sir Spencer John Portal, 4th Baronet 1864 1955 Sir Francis Spencer Portal, 5th Baronet 1903 1984 Sir Jonathan Francis Portal, 6th Baronet b. 1953 ... Baronetcies Portal ... more details
Image PorcheCentralNordCathedraleChartre041130 .jpg thumb upright Portal of Chartres Cathedral . right 280px Portal is a general term describing an opening in the walls of a building, gate or fortification, and especially a grand entrance to an important structure. ref cite book first Francis last Ching year 1997 title A Visual Dictionary of Architecture location New York publisher Van Nostrand Reinhold isbn 0 442 02462 2 ref Doors, metal gates or portcullis in the opening can be used to control entry or exit. The surface surrounding the opening may be made of simple building materials or decorated with Ornament architecture ornamentation . The elements of a portal can include the voussoir , tympanum architecture tympanum , an ornamented mullion or trumeau between doors, and column s with carvings of saints in the westwork of a Church building church . Citation needed date August 2011 Tunnel portal The term portal is also applied to the ends of a tunnel . gallery File Baroque portal in Brescia.jpg Barocque portal of a private Palace in Brescia gallery References reflist PortalPortal Commons category Portals Category Doors element arch stub be x old ca Portal arquitectura cs Port l architektura da Portal de Portal Architektur et Portaal arhitektuur es Portada arquitectura eo Portalo fa gl Portada arquitectura hr Portal io Portalo it Portale ka lv Port ls arhitekt ra lt Portalas nl Portaal gebouw no Portal arkitektur pl Portal pt Portal arquitetura ru sk Port l architekt ra sr fi Portaali arkkitehtuuri sv Portal vls Portoal gebouw ... more details
Infobox cyclist name S bastien Portal image S bastien Portal Eneco Tour 2009.jpg fullname S bastien Portal nickname birth date Birth date and age 1982 6 4 birth place Auch , France height convert 1.80 m ftin 0 abbr on weight convert 66 kg lb abbr on currentteam Unattached discipline Road role Rider ridertype amateurteams amateuryears proyears 2005&ndash 2006 br 2007 br 2008&ndash 2009 proteams ct C.A 2005 br ct GCE 2007 br ct COF 2008 majorwins updated August 13, 2007 S bastien Portal born June 4, 1982 in Auch is a France French professional road bicycle racer . External links trapfriis france.Portal S.htm Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata Persondata NAME Portal, S bastien ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Road bicycle racer DATE OF BIRTH 1982 06 04 PLACE OF BIRTH Auch , France DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Portal, Sebastien Category French cyclists Category 1982 births Category Living people France cycling bio stub da S bastien Portal es S bastien Portal fr S bastien Portal nl S bastien Portal no S bastien Portal ... more details
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