Portal Tomb by Glenroan
The Portal Tomb of Glenroan (also called Glenrowan ) is located between Plumbridge and Cranagh, at the north end of Gortin Glen, about equidistant from Lifford and Omagh , in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . Megalithic systems on the British Isles are called Portal Tombs , in which two equally high, upright stones with a door stone in between form the front of a chamber, which is covered with a sometimes huge capstone.
The small Tomb portal from the Neolithic (3000-2000 BC) is in relatively good condition, although it has leaned to one side. The large capstone only rests on one of the portal stones and the end stone. Glenroan is on a narrow dirt road behind a pasture fence.
Only 10 meters east of the portal grave are the remains of another chamber grave. There is a cut in the mound some distance behind the dolmens which may have been a factor in the extraction and placement of the material.
See also
literature
- Colm J. Donnelly: Living Places. Archeology, Continuity and Change at Historic Monuments in Northern Ireland. The Institute of Irish Studies - The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast 1997, ISBN 0-85389-475-2 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 46 '5.6 " N , 7 ° 8" 53.1 " W.