Wedge Tomb by Aughrim
The Wedge Tomb of Aughrim ( Irish Eachdhroim ; locally also called "Giants Grave") was originally located on the southeast slope of Slieve Rushen and was moved to the site of the "Slieve Russell Hotel" near Ballyconnell in County Cavan near the border with Northern Ireland . Menhirs mark the location in the old place . The approximately 2000 BC Resulting Chr. Megalithic site was excavated in this context in 1992 by John Channing. Aughrim is the name of a townland in County Cavanm, but it occurs elsewhere in Ireland . Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" , formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave") are double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age in Ireland.
The Wedge Tomb consists of a round hill surrounded by curbs with an approximately five meter long gallery in the center. The access to the gallery is divided by a column. The gables are supported by several stones standing at right angles to the walls. There are three small built in the cairn stone boxes that were added at a later date.
During the excavations, burials and cremations were found in the gallery and in and under the cairn . Some ornate pottery shards that came from grave goods were also discovered.
See also
literature
- John Channing: Aughrim : In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 1992. Wordwell Ltd. Wicklow. 4th
- 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 .
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Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '50.6 " N , 7 ° 33' 25.9" W.