Court Tomb by Dunnaman
The Court Tomb of Dunnaman (known locally as Giant's Grave ) is located in the townland of the same name ( Irish Dún na mBeann ) west of Kilkeel in the extreme south of County Down 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 north-west-south-east oriented Court Tomb of Dunnaman, whose courtyard boundary and cairn have not been preserved, has an unusually long, approximately 1.5 m wide gallery with a length of approximately 13.0 m, which lacks all capstones. The preserved side posts indicate that the gallery consisted of four chambers, which would be typical for the region, but the portal stones of the entrance are missing. The Court Tomb was created from large blocks of granite , some of which have been cut up in modern times.
Kilkeel's Tomb portal is in Kilkeel . The Court Tomb of Moyad is located north of Kilkeel.
literature
- Frances Lynch: Megalithic Tombs and Long Barrows in Britain (= Shire Archeology. 73). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 1997, ISBN 0-7478-0341-2 .
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic Tombs (= Shire Archeology. 63). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 6.7 ″ N , 6 ° 1 ′ 57.2 ″ W.