Wedge Tomb from Ballycroum
The Wedge Tomb of Ballycroum (also Tobergrania , Irish Tobar Ghráinne , " Gráinnes Brunnen" called) is located in the townland of Ballycroum (Irish An Baile Crom ) near Feakle in County Clare in Ireland . Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgraber" , formerly also called wedge-shaped gallery grave ) are double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic systems from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age and, alongside Court Tombs , Portal Tombs and Passage Tombs, are typical of the western half of Ireland.
The well-preserved Wedge Tomb is also a holy well ( Irish Tober Gráinne ). The outer walls are still covered by the surrounding moor. The inside of the wedge-shaped gallery is one meter below the floor. Two overlapping capstones - full of coins and offerings - cover the gallery, which is closed with a threshold stone. Two stones at the front of the gallery form ante .
About 20 meters from Tobar Gráinne there is a destroyed grave. There are other destroyed graves and mounds in the valley and townland .
See also
literature
- George Cunningham: Burren Journey . Ballyvaughan; reprinted in 1993
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs. Shire, Princes Risborough 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4 ( Shire archeology 63).
- 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 .
- Thomas Johnson Westropp: Dolmens at Ballycroum, near Feakle, County Clare In: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (1889-1901) Vol. 6 (1900-1902), pp. 85-92
Web links
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