Kilmonaster Middle
Kilmonaster Middle (including the neighboring Gortnagole) between the rivers Deel and Finn , near Castlefinn and the border with Northern Ireland (near Lifford and Strabane ) in the east of County Donegal , with its formerly twelve megalithic complexes , seven of which are closely adjacent, is one of the five large “ Passage Tomb cemeterys” in Ireland .
The Kilmonaster Middle cemetery, of which only two complexes are better preserved, is dominated by the eastern cairn about 3.0 meters high and 21.0 meters in diameter in a hill fort on Croaghan Hill.
Appendix A
Attachment A ( location ) is a larger cruciform structure (similar to Newgrange ). It is about 7 meters long and about one meter wide in the corridor area. The width of the cross chamber is about 4 meters. A capstone is in situ on the north chamber and a relocated capstone is adjacent to the eastern end. There are two portal stones at the west end. The cairn is about 20 m in diameter and some of its large quartz curbs are visible.
Appendix D
Annex D ( position ) is 140 m southwest of Appendix A and is a small chamber grave ( English chambered tomb ) with a cover stone, which originally lay on four orthostats. The records from the mid-19th century state that a large amount of human bones were found here.
See also
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: A Ruined Megalithic Cemetery in Co. Donegal and Its Context in the Irish Passage Grave Series In: The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Volume 98, No. 1 (1968), pp. 1-29
- Elisabeth Shee Twohig: Irish megalithic tombs . 2nd Edition. Shire, 2004
- Jürgen E. Walkowitz: The megalithic syndrome. European cult sites of the Stone Age (= contributions to the prehistory and early history of Central Europe. Vol. 36). Beier & Beran, Langenweißbach 2003, ISBN 3-930036-70-3 .
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