Wedge Tomb by Greenan
From the atypical Wedge Tomb of Greenan ( Irish An Grianán ) near Swanlibar in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland , the rear in particular has survived. 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 .
In Greenan's Wedge Tomb, two cap stones have been preserved, but they have collapsed into the chamber on one side. The west-facing front is up the slope. About 4.0 meters to the east (down the slope) some former curbs are built into a dilapidated field wall. To the south there are two chambers that are the same size as the main chamber but may have been added later. One of the chambers is filled with mound material. Areas of the double wall exist on both sides. The portico without capstones is separated from the main chamber by a swell stone, while the two secondary chambers are separated by high side panels.
Cloghany's Court Tomb is 1.6 km away .
See also
literature
- Elizabeth Shee Twohig: Irish Megalithic Tombs (= Shire Archeology. 63). Shire Publications, Princes Risborough 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 .
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 12 ′ 44.1 " N , 7 ° 44 ′ 10.8" W.