Portal Tomb by Templemoyle
The Tomb portal of Templemoyle is located about 2.9 km west of Culdaff in the townland Templemoyle ( Irish An Teampall Maol ) in County Donegal in 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 covered with a sometimes huge capstone.
The portal tomb consists of a small, southeast-oriented chamber, the front part of which has collapsed. The chamber was about 1.8 m long and 1.0 m wide. There is an end stone in the northwest and two side stones opposite. A fallen capstone, the front end of which rests on the ground, rests on a small stone at the outer end of the southern side stone. A lying stone in front of the southern side stone appears to be a fallen portal stone. It measures approximately 2.0 x 0.65 m and is 0.2 m thick. There are some loose stones in the chamber. The end stone between the side stones is slightly inclined inwards and has a gable profile. He is about 0.6 m high. The southern one is 0.9 m high, the northern side stones 1.05 m high. The capstone is 2.3 m long and tapers in width from about 2.0 m at the front to 1.3 m at the rear. Its thickness is reduced from 0.35 to 0.1 m. According to the report from 1848, the now open end of the chamber was closed by a door or threshold stone (dimensions not recorded). Slightly raised ground next to the southern side stone can be the remnant of a hill.
See also
literature
- Mountford Baddeley, John Byrde: Ireland (part I.): Northern Counties, Including Dublin and Neighborhood. Dulau 1890
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Coordinates: 55 ° 17 ′ 34.7 " N , 7 ° 12 ′ 37.2" W.