Rathlacken
The Court Tomb von Rathlacken (also Rathlackan , Irish Ráth Leacáin ), excavated between 1990 and 1997, is located directly west of a north-south running road in a peat bog 1.5 km west of Rathlacken in the area of the Céide Fields in County Mayo in Ireland . The facility, field systems and living spaces in the area were examined by Greta Byrne. Court tombs belong to the megalithic chamber tombs ( English chambered tombs ) of the British Isles . With around 400 specimens, they are found almost exclusively in Ulster in the north of Ireland or in Northern Ireland .
The excellently preserved megalithic complex was discovered by Major Aldridge in the 1950s. The gallery adjoining the deep forecourt, about six meters long, consists of three chambers made of solid stones, which are separated by two pairs of large post stones. A feature of the complex is the very thin door stone that was placed on the exedra to the left of the gallery.
The approximately 3300 BC The facility was built around 2000 BC. . BC by the people of the Bronze Age nachgenutzt . A lot of ceramics from different eras and stone tools were found on the site. Corpse burn was discovered in one of the chambers.
A fence surrounded by a low wall was discovered at Court Tomb. In the remains of a building with stone walls and the threshold stone in the door was found, covered with a lot of charcoal, from about 2600 BC. Central hotplate burnt.
See also
literature
- Peter Harbison : Pre-christian Ireland - From the first Settlers to the early Celts . London 1988, p. 217, ISBN 0-500-27809-1
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Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 26.8 " N , 9 ° 16 ′ 53.5" W.