Kilmacowen
Kilmacowen (also Kilmackowen , Irish Cill Mhic Eoghain - German "Church of the Son of Eoghan" ) is a townland in the Eyeries Area on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork in Ireland . Here there is a large menhir ( English standing stone ) and a wedge tomb .
From Castletownbere Road, the stone can be seen well just before the place in a field on the eastern slope ( location ). The stone is very large and the locals still remember that several stones once stood here.
Above is a small Wedge Tomb in a low row of stones that winds up the hill and disappears into the moor ( location ). This small row of stones is a feature of the Beara findplaces. Such things have been lost in other areas. 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 .
The Kilmacowen Wedge Tomb with its sideways shifted supporting stone rows is known for the small dish ( English cups ), which can be seen on the inside of the front supporting stone. There are 20 bowls, two pairs of which are connected by channels.
The menhir is about 2.9 m high and 1.7 m wide, but only about 0.25 m thick.
See also
literature
- E. Evan: Prehistoric and Early Christian Ireland: A Guide. BT Batsford Ltd., London 1966.
- Jack Roberts: Antiquities of the Beara Peninsula a Guide
- J. Waddell: The Prehistoric Archeology of Ireland. Galway University Press, Galway 1998.
Web links
- The Modern Antiquarian (English, with photos)
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