Magheraghanrush

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Magheraghanrush
Forms of court tombs

The approximately 30.0 m long court tomb of Magheraghanrush (also Deerpark , Irish Machaire Chon Rois ) is located in a clearing north and about 100 m above Lough Gill and east of the small Colgagh Lough, near Calry in the east of County Sligo in Ireland . Magheraghanrush is one of the outstanding "Central Court Tombs " in Ireland. It is an Irish national monument .

Court Tombs are among the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in Ulster in the north of Ireland or in Northern Ireland .

It has a centrally located approximately 15.0 m long oval courtyard (central court) with a side entrance on the south side. A double-chamber gallery at the west end and two parallel double-chamber galleries at the east end are accessible from the courtyard. The total length is about 30 m. The lintels over the entrances to the chambers have been lost, fallen or broken. The complex was originally covered by a rectangular mound made of stones. Systems of this kind were found in the Neolithic, around 3,000 BC. They mostly contained the cremated remains of numerous people as well as grave goods in the form of stone tools, beads made from bones and shards of simple pottery.

Lower down the hill are various other ancient remains, including a wedge tomb and a rath with an exposed looped basement (the capstones are removed) .

See also

literature

  • Peter Harbison : Pre-christian Ireland - From the first Settlers to the early Celts . London 1988, p. 217 ISBN 0-500-27809-1 p. 217
  • Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
  • 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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Coordinates: 54 ° 16 ′ 45.6 "  N , 8 ° 22 ′ 52"  W.