Carmahome
The small megalithic complex, which roughly corresponds in shape to the Clava Cairn type , is isolated from the distribution area of this type of complex in Carmahome , near Kilpatrick on the Isle of Arran in North Ayrshire in Scotland on a slope in the moor and was probably built in 1924 by LM Mann excavated.
Ten plate-like stones are arranged approximately in a circle to form a chamber. A ring of curbs, which are set at greater intervals, surrounds the 5.3 m diameter hill. The hill has been preserved up to a height of about 0.9 m and is flush with the curbs. Cairn material was also found outside the enclosure. The access is in the southwest, on the sloping slope side. The short trapezoidal corridor is 1.05 m wide on the outside and 0.75 m on the inside. It leads to a round chamber, about 1.5 m in diameter, which was half filled with earth, stones and peat and whose capstone has run out. The floor was covered by two large and one small plate. A plate was picked up and a stone ax made of greywacke was discovered.
literature
- Timothy H. McK Clough, William A. Cummins: Lists of identifications. In: Timothy H. McK Clough, William A. Cummins (Eds.): Stone ax studies. Volume 2: The petrology of prehistoric stone implements from the British Isles (= CBA Research Report. 67). Council for British Archeology, London 1988, ISBN 0-906780-69-1 .
- Jörg Lindenbeck: Investigations into late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age grave forms in south-west Scotland. In: Archaeological Information . Vol. 11, No. 2, 1988, pp. 228-232.
- 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 .
Web links
- Entry on Carmahome in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- Chamber graves on Arran engl.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Entry on Carmahome in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
Coordinates: 55 ° 29'35.4 " N , 5 ° 18'56.1" W.