Knockshanbrittas

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Schematic sketch of Wedge Tomb using Iceland as an example

Knockshanbrittas (also Aughsullish NW or Knockbrittas, Irish Cnoc Seanbhriotáis - German  "Hill of old Briotás" ) is a townland near Cappamore, south of the River Bilboa and the R503 (road) from Rear Cross to Inch in County Tipperary near the border with County Limerick in Ireland .

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Knockshanbrittas is the location of three megalithic sites .

Wedge Tomb I.

The Wedge Tomb Knockshanbrittas I (or Tomb B; also called Aughsullish SW) ( location ) is a well-preserved wedge tomb with a lot of chamber and cairn material preserved in situ . The huge capstone is supported by large lateral bearing stones. The chamber is over 3.0 m long and 1.3 m wide at the entrance. It tapers to 0.7 m at the rear and is 0.8 m high. The Wedge Tomb lies on a field border.

Wedge Tomb II

Only 200 m from Knockshanbrittas I is the very flat Knockshanbrittas II (or Tomb A - location ) on a hill. It follows the classic orientation of Wedge Tombs from southwest to northeast. While the rear capstone was relocated by a tree that grew out of the chamber, the front capstone remained in situ on the side bearing stones. The system is about 4.0 m long. The chamber is around 1.2 m wide at the entrance and tapers to 0.8 m towards the end. At a height of only 0.4 m, the chamber has a length of about 2.0 m. There appears to have been an atrium similar to Court Tombs , but it could also be an antechamber.

The 3rd plant

According to the author of megalithicmonumentsofireland.com , the complex ( location ) marked on the OS maps as “Giant's Grave” is an intact megalithic complex . Since it, like the Knockshanbrittas I and II systems located about 500 m to the north, has an orientation from southwest to northeast and also has the usual characteristics, it should be another Wedge Tomb. It is about 3.8 m long, 1.8 m in the southwest and one meter wide in the northeast, with a height of 0.8 m. Three large orthostats supposedly in situ shape each side and one the back. The front side is inaccessible through a field boundary.

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  1. ↑ German "Wedge Grave", formerly also called wedge-shaped gallery grave, are aisle-less, mostly undivided megalithic complexes from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age and, in addition to Court Tombs , Portal Tombs and Passage Tombs, are typical of the western half of Ireland
  2. ↑ http://www.megalithicmonumentsofireland.com/COUNTIES/TIPPERARY/Knockshanbrittas_MegalithicTomb.html

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