Gartnanoul
The dual court tomb of Gartnanoul ( Irish Gort na nAbhall ) is east of Killashandra near the lake complex of Lough Orghter and a road in the "Killykeen Forest Park" in the barony of "Loughtee Upper" ( Irish Lucht Tí Uachtarach ) in County Cavan in 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 Court Tomb is over 25 m long and well preserved. The northern courtyard is about 4.0 m wide and 3.0 m deep. It opens up a roughly 4.0 m long gallery, which is divided into two chambers by a low stone. The very similarly designed southern gallery is about 10.0 m away. Neither the capstones nor parts of the cairn have been preserved.
The destroyed Dual-Court Tomb of Drumhart is located about 6.0 km southeast.
See also
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire 1990 ISBN 0-7478-0094-4
- 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: 54 ° 0 ′ 39 ″ N , 7 ° 29 ′ 29 ″ W.