Knockmany

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Knockmany - rock carving in the chamber

Knockmany ( Irish Cnoc Máine , older Cnoc mBaine , "Hill of Queen Baine") is a townland in the Civil parish Clogher in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland .

description

The Passage Tomb of Knockmany (also called Annia's Cove) is located above the valley of Black Water , about 2.8 kilometers north of Augher in Knockmany Forest Park.

Knockmany - look into the chamber

A first plan of the complex was published by the clergyman G. Sidney Smith in 1844, followed in 1876 by a drawing by William Frederick Wakeman (1822–1900).

The excavation by Alfred Eperson Preston Collins (1888–1966) revealed in 1951 that originally a grave mound made of gravel with a diameter of 25 m covered the complex. The corridor typical for the type of system was no longer there, as was the mass of artifacts . The height of the existing sandstone bearing stones in the wedge-shaped chamber is between one and two meters. The mound was restored, covered and sealed in 1959 to protect the stones of the only decorated megalithic complex in County Tyrone besides Sess Kilgreen from weathering and vandalism. AEP Collins carried out a small excavation in advance in 1958. He found traces of footprints from the orthostats in the corridor and calcined bones.

Several orthostats in the chamber bear picked patterns of 129 circles, spirals , zigzags, and cup-and-ring markings . They belong to the stylistic environment of the Boyne graves. Knockmany is one of the best examples of Neolithic art in Ulster. Due to parallels with other dated systems, Knockmany is dated between 3000 and 2500 BC. Dated. The facility, vaulted with concrete and glass, is only accessible to the public after registration, but can be viewed through the gate of the chamber.

The Irish clergyman O'Connor wanted to identify the monument with Cnoc-Baine, the burial place of Baine, daughter of the Scal, the mother of King Feidhlimidh Reachtmhar, who is known from the annals of the four masters and the Leabhar Gabhála .

NIEA SMR number: TYR 059: 001

literature

  • Alfred EP Collins, Dudley M. Watermann: Knockmany Chambered Grave, Co. Tyrone. In: Ulster Journal of Archeology Vol. 15, 1952, ISSN  0082-7355 , pp. 26-30 JSTOR 20566646 .
  • Harry Welsh, Tomb Travel, a guide to Northern Ireland's megalithic monuments . The Stationary Office, Northern Ireland Environmental Agency 2011, 98.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred EP Collins, Dudley M. Watermann, Knockmany Chambered Grave, Co. Tyrone. Ulster Journal of Archeology 15, 1952, 26
  2. ^ Harry Welsh, Tomb Travel, a guide to Northern Ireland's megalithic monuments . The Stationary Office, Northern Ireland Environmental Agency 2011, 98
  3. ↑ AEP Collins, HA Meek, Knockmany Chambered Cairn, Co. Tyrone. Ulster Journal of Archeology Third Series 23, 1960, 2-8
  4. ↑ AEP Collins, HA Meek, Knockmany Chambered Cairn, Co. Tyrone. Ulster Journal of Archeology Third Series 23, 1960, 4
  5. ↑ AEP Collins, HA Meek, Knockmany Chambered Cairn, Co. Tyrone. Ulster Journal of Archeology Third Series 23, 1960, 2
  6. ^ Harry Welsh, Tomb Travel, a guide to Northern Ireland's megalithic monuments . The Stationary Office, Northern Ireland Environmental Agency 2011, 98
  7. ↑ George Coffey, Knockmany. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 5th Series 8/2, 1898, 94. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25508494 , accessed 17-01-2020

Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 9 ′ 34 ″  W.