Cartronmacmanus
Cartronmacmanus is a between 4000 and 2500 BC. Court Tomb, built in the Neolithic age in the townland of the same name ( Irish Cartún Mhic Mhánais ) on the southwestern edge of the Ox Mountains near the River Moy , in the east of County Mayo in Ireland . Court Tombs are among the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in Ulster in the north of Ireland or in Northern Ireland .
Eleven stones form the flat exedra of the courtyard, which is approximately 8.0 m wide and 3.0 m deep. The two tallest stones, each 1.50 m high, form the entrance to the gallery. The heights of the facade stones on both sides of the entrance decrease towards the outside. To the east of the courtyard are two smaller stones, which indicate that the courtyard, like Creevykeel , may have been a full court. In the courtyard is a large stone measuring 2.7 × 1.4 × 0.4 m, which may have been a relocated capstone or a fall .
Although the monument is damaged, its main features are clearly visible. A gallery about 6.0 m long is located in the east of the wide courtyard. It is divided into two chambers (the front one is 3.3 m long) by a pair of side posts, with a small side chamber to the north of the front chamber. The entire south side of the gallery, which was probably mirrored, is missing, but some stones lying on the ground could be side stones. Traces of the hill have survived only at the northern end of the courtyard and on the southwest side. A pasture fence contains several large stones that can come from the grave.
See also
literature
- Anthony Weir: Early Ireland: A Field Guide. 1980
Web links
- Description, location (English)
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Coordinates: 54 ° 0 ′ 44.9 " N , 8 ° 58 ′ 33.9" W.