Carrickacroy
That between 4000 and 2500 BC Portal Tomb by Carrickacroy ( Irish Carraigeach Chrua ), built in the Neolithic Age , lies behind a farmhouse, next to two boulders that are larger than the megalithic complex, northeast of Kilnaleck in the south of County Cavan in Ireland . Megalithic systems on the British Isles are called Portal Tombs , in which two equally high, upright stones with a door stone in between form the front of a chamber that is covered with a sometimes huge capstone.
Carrickacroy is next to Banagher also in County Cavan and Binn in County Donegal the smallest Portal Tomb on the island. The chamber is only about one meter long, 0.5 m wide and 0.8 m high. It is astonishing that it survived with such small dimensions. One of the two portal stones is standing while the other is on the side. He probably fell over when the capstone was tipped in the same direction. Otherwise there is the small door stone, also tilted. The end stone, which is inclined slightly forward, and the two tiny side stones are in situ .
Nearby are the megalithic complexes of Banagher , including the Tomb portal of Aghawee .
See also
literature
- G. Burns: The Cavan Burren Illustrated Guide 2006
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Coordinates: 53 ° 52 ′ 15.1 ″ N , 7 ° 18 ′ 7.7 ″ W.