Kilfeaghan
The Portal Tomb of Kilfeaghan is Rostrevor on farm on Carlingford Lough in County Down in Northern Ireland . In the British Isles, portal tombs are megalithic systems in which two equally high, upright stones with a door stone in between form the front of a chamber, which is covered with a sometimes huge capstone.
The more than 5000 year old megalithic complex features a granite capstone about 3.4 m long, 2.5 m wide and 1.5 m thick, which weighs 35–40 t. The capstone stands over five barely visible stones, three of which are bearing stones; two are thin side stones. The real height of the system is covered by mound material made of pebbles , in which the below ground level of the system is embedded. A partial examination showed that the two portal stones (the front, higher stones) are about 2.5 m high and the remaining stones are about 1.5 m high from the ground. The facility stands at the north end of a 15 m long and 5.5 m wide cairn (similar to that of Dyffryn Ardudwy in north Wales). The entrance to the chamber points to the north and the cairn probably originally went further to the north.
The excavation at the beginning of the 20th century yielded flint fragments , bones and pottery.
literature
- Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland: Historic Monuments of Northern Ireland. An Introduction and Guide. 6th edition, 2nd imprint. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Belfast 1987, ISBN 0-337-08180-8 , pp. 89-90.
- Colm J. Donnelly: Living Places. Archeology, Continuity and Change at Historic Monuments in Northern Ireland. The Institute of Irish Studies - The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast 1997, ISBN 0-85389-475-2 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 4 ′ 21.9 ″ N , 6 ° 7 ′ 6.5 ″ W.