Clyde Tomb from Blasthill
The Clyde Tomb of Blast Hill is on the Scottish peninsula of Kintyre , 12 km from Campbeltown in Argyll and Bute . The Clyde Tomb- type megalithic complex is located about 600 m northeast of the Blasthill, on the narrow road that runs in the southern part of the Kintyre Peninsula on the east side.
Blasthill is an unexcavated example of a Cairns typical of the Argyll and Bute region . Its final stage is an impressive, long hill with two megalithic chambers and a facade made of pink stones on both sides of the entrance at the east end. It is possible that the transverse chamber in the center of the cairn was created earlier and was surrounded by a small, round stone mound. At least analogies with excavated facilities in Scotland point to this. The small cairn was built between 3000 and 2500 BC. In the larger with its axially located chamber. 40–50% of the curb stones of the cairn and the stones of the facade are still present. When the megalithic complex went out of use, stones were piled up in front of the entrance to seal it.
literature
- Jack G. Scott: The Clyde Cairns of Scotland. In: Glyn Daniel, Poul Kjærum (Ed.): Megalithic graves and ritual. Papers presented at the III Atlantic Colloquium, Moesgård 1969 (= Jysk Arkaeologisk Selskabs skrifter. 11). Gyldendalske Boghandel (in comm.), Copenhagen 1973, ISBN 87-00-08861-7 , pp. 117–128.
- 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.
Web links
- Location and picture
- Description of the 2009 excavation
- The Results of Survey and Excavation at Blasthill Chambered Tomb engl.
Coordinates: 55 ° 19 ′ 28.8 " N , 5 ° 35 ′ 43.6" W.