Passage Tomb by Knockroe
Passage Tomb by Knockroe ( Irish An Cnoc Rua - German "the red hill" ) is Passage Tomb in the townland of Knockroe in the Civil parish Tullahought ( Irish Tulchacht ) on the Lingaun River, in the extreme southwest of County Kilkenny on the border with County Tipperary in Ireland . The Portal Tomb of Knockroe located in County Carlow .
The Passage Tomb of Knockroe (also known as "The Caiseal" because of the appearance of a ring fort) was excavated by Muiris O'Sullivan from 1990 onwards.
description
The monument unusually has two separate chambers, consisting of about 30 orthostats at the ends of the oval, about 20 m long hill surrounded by curbs. In the western chamber there are white quartz stones that can be seen scattered around the complex. The former mound and all capstones of the complex have been relocated or gone out. Due to the parallelism with dated systems, Knockroe is believed to have existed between 3000 and 2500 BC. Classified.
The western chamber is of simple construction and on either side of the entrance there are several large tiered orthostats that, when viewed from the front, give the impression of a court tomb . This image is refuted by a rock carving in the western chamber, as it appears only in Passage Tombs and is reminiscent of Fourknocks , Knockmany , Knowth , Loughcrew , Newgrange or Gavrinis in Brittany in France . Further incisions on other stones show that not only both chambers, but also the edge stones are decorated, but weathered and hardly recognizable without suitable lighting conditions. Knockroe is an Irish national monument.
The Passage Tomb by Baunfree is nearby .
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs . Shire, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 ( Shire archeology 63).
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Coordinates: 52 ° 25 '55 " N , 7 ° 23' 52" W.