Portal Tomb by Killynaght
The portal Tomb of Killynaght (also named after the neighboring townland Sandville, locally also "The Rocking Stone", English for "the rocking stone ") is located on the crest of a low hill in the townland Killynaght ( Irish Coill Uí Neacht , "Forest of Ó Neacht ”) in Artigarvan near Strabane in the Foyle Valley in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland . In the British Isles, portal tombs are megalithic systems in which two equally high, upright stones with a door stone in between form the front of a chamber, which is partially covered with a huge, sloping capstone.
The portal tomb originally consisted of the end stone and three large orthostats on which a cap stone rested. The orthostats formed a chamber open to the east. The orthostats appear to have collapsed under the weight of the capstone. There are three stones under the capstone and a fourth that is outside. The capstone is about 3.0 m long, 2.0 m wide and 1.0 m thick. The other large stones are 1.5 to 2.0 meters long. There are a number of smaller stones under the capstone.
When it collapsed, the capstone shifted to the northeast, pulling the two tallest posts with it. The smaller pillar to the southeast was pushed out by the capstone and fell south.
About 3.8 km to the north are the Sandville Stones.
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 ° 51 ′ 20.5 " N , 7 ° 23 ′ 34.8" W.