Streedagh
The little Wedge Tomb of Streedagh ( Irish An tSrithideach ) is located northwest of Grange on a headland at the north end of Streedagh Beach in County Sligo in Ireland . The megalithic complex , of which only the basic structures have been preserved, was washed free after a storm. Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" ), formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave", are aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
description
The Wedge Tomb consists of a small rectangular (not wedge-shaped) about two meters long and one meter wide chamber as well as the remains of a double facade and a stone mound . The outer curb ring is best preserved in the southwest, where 13 stones have been preserved. In 1588, ships of the Spanish Armada were destroyed by a storm on the wide beach of Streedagh.
Nearby are the Court Tombs of Streedagh and Creevykeel .
See also
literature
- Seán Ó Nualláin: Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Volume V: County Sligo 1989 ISBN 0-7076-0080-4
- 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 .
- Anthony Weir: Early Ireland: A Field Guide 1980
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Coordinates: 54 ° 24 ′ 2.7 ″ N , 8 ° 34 ′ 17.8 ″ W.