Wedge tomb by paddock
The Wedge Tomb of Paddock (also called Calliagh Birra's House ) is located in a field wall in the townland of the same name ( Irish An Peadac ) east of Monasterboice and south of Dunleer in County Louth in Ireland .
Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" , formerly also called wedge-shaped gallery graves ) are double-walled, aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic systems from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age , which are typical of the western half of Ireland.
The Wedge Tomb of Paddock consists of an approximately 3.9 m long, average 1.2 m wide and 1.25 m high west-east oriented gallery, the front of which is oriented to the west. It is covered by four cap stones, which are stepped from west to east and create a distinctive wedge shape. The north side of the gallery consists of five and the south side of six stones. There is one stone in the north and four stones in the south, which are remnants of the outer walls. In 1866, when a drawing was made, the megalithic complex was described as "in a very good state of preservation".
See also
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 .
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Coordinates: 53 ° 47 ′ 12 " N , 6 ° 24 ′ 29.2" W.