Obadiah's Barrow
Obadiah's Barrow (also called Obadiah's Grave) is one of about 80 Neolithic (about 2500 BC) entrance tombs erected on the Isles of Scilly . It is on the Isle of Gugh off the coast of Cornwall in England .
location
From the east side of the island of St. Agnes you reach the island of Gugh over a narrow strip of alluvial land ( tombolo ). The megalithic complex, which is off the beaten track, nestles against the slope.
description
The round hill, which is typical for systems of this type, has a diameter of seven meters and is 0.6 m high. The chamber is 3.2 m long, 1.4 m wide and 1.1 m high and has three cap stones remaining in situ . The facility has a short corridor that leads to the narrowed, west-facing chamber entrance. The entrance grave was archaeologically examined in 1900. In addition to a dozen urns with remains of human cremations from the Bronze Age and a sitting skeleton were found. Burials spanning nearly 700 years have been found in three other chambers examined on the Scillys.
On the Isles of Scilly, most of the entrance graves are located in roughly round mounds that are bordered by curbs and cover a rectangular chamber made of large granite slabs . Some hills lie on a large platform lined with stones. The excavated sites contained human bones and cremated urns . The destroyed Knackyboy Carn on St. Martin contained the remains of at least 60 individuals. Entrance graves appear to have been in use on the Scillys longer than in other regions.
context
Entrance graves (also called "Scillonian Entrance Grave" or "West County tomb") are a megalithic design that can be found in Cornwall , on the Channel Islands and in County Waterford , Ireland , in addition to the Isles of Scilly . In France, especially in Brittany , they are known in a modified form as " V-shaped dolmens ".
Nearby
300 meters further is the inclined, 2.7 m high menhir Old Man of Gugh .
literature
- Paddy Dillon: Walking in the Isles of Scilly: A Guide to Exploring the Islands 2006
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '44.5 " N , 6 ° 20' 5.1" W.