Cabragh
Cabragh (also Cabragh 1 or the Giant's Grave, Irish called An Chabrach ) is an Irish national monument and large wedge tomb about three kilometers west of Coolaney, southwest of Sligo in County Sligo in Ireland . It is the westernmost of a group between Coolaney and the Ox Mountains and one of two in the Cabragh district. Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" ), formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave", are between 4000 and 2500 BC. In the Neolithic , double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
The approximately 10 m long northeast-southwest-oriented system is located in a small, flat area below a steep slope, about 30 m from the road. Your access is on the southwest side. Some of the capstones have been preserved, but are tilted against the gallery stones on the south side. The gallery is divided by a (relocated) side stone into a 1.3 m wide and 1.4 m long antechamber and an approximately 6.0 m long, 2.15 m wide main chamber. It has eight stones on the north and seven on the south. The eastern end of the structure is covered by three overlapping capstones. The complete double wall around the gallery is well preserved.
About 1.3 km to the southeast, "Cabragh 2" is a second, less well-preserved Wedge Tomb. The approximately six meter long gallery consists of two slabs on each side and a pointed end stone. A rolled ceiling plate of about 3.5 × 2.0 m lies on one side. In the northwest there is a second ceiling slab. 30 m behind the grave, a large plate closes flush with the floor, which seems to have a chamber below it. A row of stones connects it to the Wedge Tomb.
Nearby is the Ringfort ( Rath ) of Cabragh and the Wedge Tomb of Gortakeeran . The Cabragh Stone Rows are in County Cork and the Cabragh Ring Fort is in County Cavan .
See also
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo. 1989, ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
- Anthony Weir: Early Ireland: A Field Guide . 1980
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Coordinates: 54 ° 10 ′ 27.3 " N , 8 ° 40 ′ 26.6" W.