Coumaraglin
The megalithic complex in Coumaraglin is located in the townland Coumaraglinmountain ( Irish Com Airglinn ) in County Waterford in Ireland on the edge of the Araglin complex.
The unique shape of the grave is located on the steep western slope of the hill. Like a small number of other properties in Ireland, it is referred to as "unclassified" as it is an intermediate link between a court tomb, which is very rare in the region, and a wedge tomb which is somewhat more common in the region . The chamber has many of the characteristics of a wedge tomb, but its entrance is in the southwest.
The small monument consists of a wedge-shaped 0.5 m high and only 1.45 m long chamber. Some wedge tombs, like Reananiree in County Cork , which is only a little over three feet long, are very short. The entrance area of Coumaraglin is 0.8 m wide and tapers to 0.5 m towards the end of the chamber. Two lintels , resting on orthostats and drywall , cover the chamber. A single stone forms the back wall.
The chamber opens to an oval courtyard, about four meters long and 2.5 m maximum width. The area defined by dry masonry could be a later addition. To the northwest lies a pile of loose stones that may represent the remains of a cairn .
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs . Shire, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 ( Shire archeology 63).
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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Coordinates: 52 ° 10 ′ 38.5 " N , 7 ° 37 ′ 51.1" W.