Wedge Tomb by Drombohilly
The Wedge Tomb of Drombohilly is located about 200 m south of the stone circle of Drombohilly Upper and south of the hamlet of Tuosist, near Kenmare in County Kerry in Ireland . On the northern slope of the Knockbeg, hidden in the ferns, there is a small, almost completely preserved Wedge Tomb .
Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgrab" , 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, along with Court Tombs , Portal Tombs and Passage Tombs, are typical of the western half of Ireland .
The capstone covers an approximately 3.0 m long, 1.5 m wide and 1.2 m high gallery and is still covered by some cairn material , including several fine pieces of quartz. The door panel pulled forward displaced the two stones that formed the open portico .
To the west are the Gowlaun Lake and the Lehid menhir .
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic tombs. Princes Risborough Buckinghamshire 1990, ISBN 0-7478-0094-4
- 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 .
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Coordinates: 51 ° 47 ′ 4.4 " N , 9 ° 45 ′ 14.5" W.