Wedge Tomb from Kilbarron
Kilbarron's well-preserved Wedge Tomb is located about 400 meters southwest of the ruins of Kilbarron church, 250 meters west of the R231 road between Corker and Creevy in the townland of Kilbarron in southern County Donegal , Ireland . Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" ), formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave", are aisle-less, mostly undivided megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age .
The west-east oriented structure is about 8.0 m long and varies in width from about 4.7 m at the west end to 1.7 m in the east. The Wedge Tomb has an approximately 2.0 m long and 1.3 m wide antechamber which is separated by a side plate from the approximately 4.0 m long main chamber, 1.2 m wide at the front. It narrows at the rear to less than 1.0 m wide. Cantilever stones on the side stones support two overlapping ceiling panels. There is a third offset ceiling tile. The outer wall of the north side consists of seven stones, which decrease in height from about 1.7 m on the west to about 50 cm on the east side. The southern outer wall is incomplete.
Nearby are the overgrown remains of a cashel and the ruins of Kilbarron Church. A number of Raths are in the area.
See also
Individual evidence
literature
- 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
- Description Engl. and picture
- image
- [1] Giants Grave on the historic land map
Coordinates: 54 ° 31 '51.7 " N , 8 ° 14' 8.2" W.