Ballynakill megalithic complexes

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Schematic sketch of Wedge Tomb using Iceland as an example

The megalithic systems of Ballynakill ( Irish Baile na Cille ) on the slope of the Knockdrummore ( Cnoc Droma Móir ) in County Galway in Ireland have largely run out. To the west of the hamlet Abbey, a portal tomb , the wedge tomb "Marblehill South" and the stone circle of Cartron South on the Knockdrummore, north of Ballin Lough , are somewhat preserved .

Marblehill South

The relatively large Wedge Tomb, which collapsed in the middle, is over 7.0 m long and 1.3 m high and lies in the townland of Marblehill ( An Creigín ) next to a dirt road, about 100 m from the R353 road. It is heavily overgrown and appears to have had three capstones. The large bearing stones are still upright in the ground. The Wedge Tomb was originally located under a mound of earth or stones. "Wedge Tombs" ( German  "Keilgräber" , formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave") are double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .

Location: 53 ° 5 ′ 5.4 ″  N , 8 ° 27 ′ 56.5 ″  W.

Portal tomb

As portal Tombs be megalithic on the British Isles referred to in which two equally high upright stones therebetween with a door stone which form the front of a chamber which is covered with a massive part endstone. The Tomb portal is marked as "Cromlech" on the OS map. It is located southwest of Kilcrimple ( Cill Chruimthir ) cemetery on a gentle slope. The small collapsed Tomb portal is oriented northwest-southeast and consists of a chamber about 2.0 m long and 1.2 m wide.

Location: 53 ° 5 ′ 12.7 ″  N , 8 ° 28 ′ 0.8 ″  W.

Ballynakill Stone Circle

The Ballynakill Stone Circle (also called Cartron South) is a relatively small but impressive example of the monument group. Mac Mahon assigns the stone circle to the Cork-Kerry group .

53 ° 5 '10 "  N , 8 ° 27' 22.8"  W.

See also

literature

  • Michael MacMahon: Stone Monuments in the Ballinakill District. In: Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 36 (1977/1978), pp. 78-81 JSTOR 25535504
  • JH Brennan: A guide to megalithic Ireland Aquarian Press 1994 ISBN 1-85538-270-9 p. 33

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Run out” is the term used to describe systems that have left little or no trace.
  2. ^ Michael MacMahon, Stone Monuments in the Ballinakill District. Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society 36, 1977/1978, 80

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