Clonlum
The Townland Clonlum ( Irish Cluain Lom ) is the location of two megalithic complexes on Slieve Gullion in County Armagh in Northern 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. The facilities are scheduled monuments .
The Tomb Clonlum South portal
In the British Isles, portal tombs are megalithic systems in which two upright stones of the same height with a door stone in between form the front of a chamber that is covered with a sometimes huge capstone. The Tomb Clonlum South portal is located in a field east of a country road below the Slieve Gullion, 0.8 km northwest of the village of Meigh. ⊙
The late Neolithic complex has a particularly well-preserved cairn with a diameter of around 12.0 m and a height of 1.2 m. In the middle lies the dolmen, partially buried, with its large, relocated and divided capstone, which measured 2.7 × 1.65 m intact. The rectangular chamber is closed at the ends and has flanking portal stones, the eastern one of which fell over, causing the capstone to fall. The standing western one is about 2.1 m high.
The excavation in 1934 did not produce any discoveries because the facility was looted. Clonlum can represent the transition from megalithic to less large forms, according to Anthony Weir . Ultimately, the box-like shapes of the stone boxes from the Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age can be seen in the construction of the chamber.
The Court Tomb Clonlum North
Court Tomb Clonlum North , about 500 m away, is heavily overgrown. ⊙ The megalithic complex was badly damaged in the early 19th century when stones were removed to build Killevy Castle . The courtyard is fragmentary, with the western arm being more complete. Outside this arm is a small open chamber about 1.5 × 1 m and 1.0 m high.
The entrance to the approximately 8.8 m long north-south oriented gallery is well preserved, but there are no recognizable subdivisions in it. The gallery narrows from about 2.0 m wide at the entrance to 1.0 m. A displaced lintel or capstone measuring 2.0 × 2.0 m lies in the gallery. There is a lot of debris, but much of it can be reading stones .
There are remains of a low hill about 20 meters long to the east and traces of its edging.
See also
literature
- Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other monuments of early Ireland . Appletree, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .
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