Gleninsheen
The small box-shaped Wedge Tomb from Gleninsheen ( Irish Gleann Insín ) dates to around 2500 BC. It is not far from the road behind a low wall, a few kilometers south of Ballyvaughan on the karst plateau of the Burren in northwest County Clare in Ireland . Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" ), formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave", are aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
description
Gleninsheen is about three meters long and 0.9 meters wide. It consists of two side plates, an end plate and a capstone. There are two more, but badly damaged, facilities nearby. The Burren's wedge tombs are constructed from large, naturally splitting plates. Many, like Gleninsheen, are covered with a single large sheet. The access from Gleninsheen points roughly westwards, while that of the neighboring Poulnabrone Dolmen, like most of the other Irish megalithic structures, faces east.
Gleninsheen Collar
The most famous Gorget -style necklace was found in 1932 in the townland of Gleninsheen. The well-preserved specimen with a diameter of approx. 31 cm was found in a cart on the Burren and was carried to the 8th century BC. Dated.
See also
literature
- E. Evan: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland: A Guide. BT Batsford Ltd., London 1966.
- J. Waddell: The Prehistoric Archeology of Ireland. Galway University Press, Galway 1998.
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Coordinates: 53 ° 3 '53.2 " N , 9 ° 8' 59" W.