Caulhame basement
The Caulhame basement , about four kilometers east of Garvagh in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland , is about six meters long and about one meter wide at the inner end of one of the small basements on the island. However, clay, which could block a crawl space to another chamber but could not be examined, seals the rear end. The walls of the basement are made of large, round stone blocks ( stone-built ). In the case of the basement, a basic distinction is made between "rock-cut", "earth-cut", "stone built" and "mixed" basements.
Behind the entrance there may be a not very deep Ogham inscription along a scratch mark.
See also
literature
- Mark Clinton: The Souterrains of Ireland. Wordwell, Bray Co. Wicklow 2001, ISBN 1-869857-49-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In Ireland there are earth-cut, rock-cut, stone-built, timber-built and basements combined from several of these types
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Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′ 40.8 " N , 6 ° 37 ′ 47.6" W.