Haylie
The chamber of the Haylie Chambered Tomb (also called Haco's Tomb or Margaret's Law) is located on a meadow near the "Cathcart Road" on the edge of Douglas Park in Largs on the Firth of Clyde in North Ayrshire in Scotland on a gentle slope. The name Largs is derived from the frequent occurrence of such slopes, from the Scottish Gaelic Na Leargaidh Ghallda - the slopes.
description
The megalithic type Clyde Tomb was covered by a large cairn called "Margaret's Law", which was removed in the 1772nd The gallery with access to the east is 6.6 m long and between 0.9 and 1.2 m wide. The preserved chamber is part of the gallery that originally consisted of three chambers, of which only the innermost chamber with the dividing and keystone is better preserved. Of the two front chambers, only the broken-off remains of the side bearing stones protrude from the ground.
Finds
It is known that in 1772 two of the chambers contained five skulls each. Excavations in 1954 found pieces of two skulls and other bones. One or more broken brown urns were also found in the chamber. A flint tool is privately owned.
The alternative name Haco's tomb is perhaps derived from the Norwegian King Håkon IV and his fight in the "Sea Battle of Largs" in 1263.
literature
- W. Glen Aitken, Dorothy Marshall: Excavation of burial chamber at Haylie, Largs, Ayrshire in 1954. In: Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society Collections. Vol. 4, 1955/1957, pp. 255-257.
Web links
- Entry on Haylie in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- Video
Coordinates: 55 ° 47 '14.6 " N , 4 ° 51' 26.1" W.