Ballynahowna
The unclassifiable between 4000 and 2500 BC Megalithic complex built in the Neolithic age in the townland of Ballynahowna ( Irish Baile na hAbhna ) is north of the N59 road, west of Dromore West and south of Easky in County Sligo in Ireland . The facility marked on the OS map as "Druids Altar" is located on a flat pasture, about 100 m west of the River Easky (or Easkey) ( Irish An Iaseaigh ).
The system lies on a west-east oriented oval hill of about 10.0 × 3.0 m and consists of six upright orthostats and three horizontal plates. The upright stones are 2.3m to 1.8m high and the lying slabs at the western end of the structure are 1.8m and 1.6m long. A slab measuring about 3.2 x 1.8 x 0.6 m is located about 2.0 m south of the hill and is perhaps a displaced ceiling slab.
See also
literature
- Peter Harbison : Pre-christian Ireland - From the first Settlers to the early Celts . London 1988, p. 217 ISBN 0-500-27809-1
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 14 '44 " N , 8 ° 55' 29.9" W.