Portal Tomb by Ballyhenebery
The heavily disturbed portal Tomb of Ballyhenebery ( Irish Baile Hinibeire ) is north of Piltown ( Irish Baile an Phoill ), 250 m west of the Pil River, a small stream in County Kilkenny in Ireland that flows into the Suir River. 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 massive capstone of the Portal Tomb, which is partially on the ground, is about 5.1 m long, 3.3 m wide and 0.7 m thick. It lies on the 2.2 m long southern portal stone next to the possibly southeast-oriented chamber. A small fragment of the northern portal stone is visible. The Tomb portal is located on a hill about 10.0 m in diameter and 2.0 m high. A large tree grows on the west side.
See also
literature
- Kenneth McNally: Standing Stones and other monuments of early Ireland . Appletree, Belfast 1984, ISBN 0-86281-121-X .
- 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: 52 ° 22 ′ 6.4 " N , 7 ° 20 ′ 50" W.