Portal Tomb from Crosh
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The portal Tomb of Crosh ( Irish Crois ) is east of Newtownstewart, between Omagh and Strabane in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . 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 capstone of the Portal Tomb of Crosh fell from the more than 2.2 meter high, 1.6 m wide and 0.6 m thick portal stones, between which the 1.2 m high door panel is still located. A large stone on the west side can be this slipped capstone. It is about 3 feet long, 2 feet wide and 50 inches thick. Another stone of 1.5 × 1.5 m may have been the end stone. The entire structure is unusually large at around 5.5 m long and 2.0 m wide.
Nearby are the Glenknock Tomb portal and Newtownstewart's stone chest .
See also
literature
- James Fergusson : Rude Stone Monuments in all Countries; their Age and Uses. Murray, London 1872, ( digitized ).
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Coordinates: 54 ° 44 '15.1 " N , 7 ° 21' 9.6" W.