Glantane East
Glantane East is a complex of prehistoric monuments in the townland of Glantane East , Irish An Gleanntán Thoir at Boherboy or Boherbue, 8.2 km south of Millstreet in the west of County Cork in Ireland . Close by are:
- the Wedge Tomb , popularly known as "The Flags"
- two stone circles
- a row of stones
The Wedge Tomb
The only 90 cm high bearing stones support a very flat 2.4 m² cap stone, which rests in three-point support on two side stones and the rear stone. The half-height entrance stone stands between the two side stones. Little has been preserved of the cairn filling of this wedge tomb, which is quite small, as in Iceland . It is a national monument. Wedge tombs ( German "wedge tombs" ), formerly "wedge-shaped gallery grave" called, are seamless, mostly unarticulated megalithic of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
The stone circles
There are 187 stone circles in the Republic of Ireland . The majority is in County Cork , with 103 counties . 20 counties are in County Kerry and 11 in County Mayo . The stone circle near the Wedge Tomb is five meters in diameter. Five of his eleven small stones are still standing, while six have fallen over. Outside the circle there are two four meter high menhirs in the north and south , one of which has fallen over again. There is a large hole in the center of the circle. There was probably a boulder burial here . This means that the district belongs to a small group of circles with ditches and walls, as they are also at Reanascreena in County Cork and Lissyviggeen in County Kerry .
400 m away and framed by trees is another stone circle of the Cork-Kerry series (Axial stone circle - ASC). It has a diameter of 4.7 m. 10 stones and the axial stone are available. The two portal stones are about 81 cm high.
The row of stones
800 meters away from the Wedge tomb is a row of stones consisting of three stones. One stone is eight feet high and intact. The other two are broken and only about 90 cm high.
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs (= Shire Archeology. 63). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 .
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 0 '15.9 " N , 9 ° 2' 41.5" W.