Doonmanagh
Doonmanagh ( Irish An Dún Meánach ) is a wedge tomb which, as usual, was named after the townland near Annascaul , south of Lispole on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry in Ireland .
The Wedge Tomb from Doonmanagh is traditionally also called Pookauncorrin ( Irish Púicín an Chairn , German "little Púca des Cairns" ). Wedge Tombs ( German "wedge tombs" ), formerly "wedge-shaped gallery grave" called, are double-walled, seamless, mostly unarticulated megalithic from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
description
The Wedge Tomb is in fair condition, although it was damaged during use as a sheep pen. The positioning of this megalithic system is unusual for a wedge tomb in two ways. The gallery is oriented north-south and is enthroned on a hill. Wedge tombs are usually lower and oriented west-east.
Several changes were made to the system. The structure is complete except for a wall panel. There are no closure panels on the ends, rather both were listed from drywall . The ceiling consists of two large panels. Material has accumulated outside the cairn that is difficult to determine whether it is original. At the back of the gallery is a curved row of stones. A row of curved stones starting at the entrance is certainly the basis of a later field wall. Both arches seem to serve no purpose in relation to the wedge tomb.
Nearby is the Graigue menhir .
See also
literature
- Judith Cuppage: Archaeological Survey of the Dingle Peninsula . A description of the field antiquities of the Barony of Corca Dhuibhne from the Mesolithic period to the 17th century AD = Suirbhé Seandálaíochta Chorca Dhuibhne. 1986
- Maurice Sheehy: The Dingle Peninsula 1991
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Coordinates: 52 ° 7 '38.2 " N , 10 ° 9' 14.3" W.