Portal Tomb by Glencloghlea
The portal Tomb of Glencloghlea is under a tree, on a pasture in the far east of the townland of Glencloghlea ( Irish Gleann Cloiche Léithe - German "Grausteintal" ), in County Kilkenny , north of the road N25, about 2.4 km west of New Ross in County Wexford in Ireland . As portal Tombs megalithic are referred to in the British Isles, in which two equally high upright stones forming the front of the chamber and with the most only half-height door stone and the partially enormous endstone the "door frame" in the form of an H form. Most of the 175 plants are located in the eastern half of Ireland.
The more than 2.0 m high portal Tomb has a 1.5 m thick arched capstone of about 3.0 × 2.4 m. It is supported by one of the plate-like portal stones, which is 1.5 meters high, and the door stone. The second portal stone is missing, the end stone has collapsed.
Nearby is the row of stones The three Friars .
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 ° 23 ′ 35.6 " N , 6 ° 58 ′ 31.5" W.