Dooey's Cairn

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Dooey's Cairn - the preserved pre-court
Floor plan of Court tombs - Dooey's Cairn corresponds roughly to the shape above left

Dooey's Cairn (also Doey's Cairn) in the townland of Ballymacaldrack ( Irish Baile Mhic Ualraic ) is a little more than a kilometer southeast of Dunloy, in County Antrim in Northern Ireland south of Presbytery Lane, a western side road, Bellaghy Road (B16) and is a court Tomb . 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 Court Tomb was located within an excavated, approximately 21 m long and 14 m wide trapezoidal stone mound. The U-shaped atrium at the southwestern end leads to an antechamber and an unusually long, undivided chamber. This undivided gallery is unique in Ireland. The ground plan has an affinity to the much later Sardinian giant tombs .

There were three round pits in the chamber, one of which was filled with corpse burn and charcoal , dating from 3000 to 2500 BC. Made possible. The shattered pottery from the chamber confirms the dating. The exedra of the atrium is made in the "post and panel" technique ( orthostats and intermediate masonry , often called "post and panel technique"), as it is also in Annaghmare , County Armagh and Creggandevesky , County Tyrone was found.

During the excavation were axes , arrowheads from flint discovered, decorated pottery and grain seeds.

literature

  • Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. An Introduction and Guide. 6th edition, 2nd imprint. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Belfast 1987, ISBN 0-337-08180-8 , p. 70.

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Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 5.6 "  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 15.8"  W.