Slievenagriddle
Slievenagriddle ( Irish Sliabh na Gridille , "mountain of the baking sheet", also called The Giant's Griddle ) is a megalithic site near the hamlet of Saul, east of Downpatrick in County Down in Northern Ireland .
It is a rare example of an intact megalithic complex with only the large capstone protruding from the top of the hill, overlooking the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man and Cumbria . Since it has not been examined, opinions differ as to which type of system it belongs to. The complex is described as both a Passage Tomb or Collapsed Portal Tomb and a rare example of a large megalithic stone box , a smaller example of which can be seen in Drumena, also in County Down
Nearby are the Court Tomb of Ballyalton and the Portal Tomb of Loughmoney .
See also
literature
- 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 .
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume 5: County Sligo. Stationery Office, Dublin 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 0.7 ″ N , 5 ° 39 ′ 6 ″ W.
