Portal Tomb by Ardabrone

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Portal Tomb by Ardabrone

The portal Tomb of Ardabrone is located in the townland of Ardabrone ( Irish Ard na Brón , "the height of worries") on a slight southern slope in a coastal plain, at Strandhill, west of Sligo about 1.0 km south of Sligo Bay in County Sligo in Ireland .

The severely disturbed grave consists of two upright portal stones about 2.0 m high, a relocated cap stone that leans heavily on a side stone and three presumed side stones that are now 2.0 m away from the structure, as well as smaller stones that may be Remnants of a cairn are.

See also

literature

  • 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 .
  • Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland . Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4

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Coordinates: 54 ° 15 ′ 22.7 "  N , 8 ° 41 ′ 24"  W.

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