Wedge Tomb from Carrowcrom
The small Wedge Tomb by Carrowcrom is located 7.2 kilometers east of Ballina in the townland of Carrowcroom ( Irish An Cheathrú Chrom ) in County Mayo in Ireland and is one of the few plants of this type that are in very good condition. The exterior U-shaped complex has a short facade made of four blocks and intermediate masonry on the sides of the gallery. The covering cairn is complete. Both cap stones have been preserved. Wedge Tombs ( German "Keilgräber" ), formerly also called "wedge-shaped gallery grave", are between 4000 and 2500 BC. Aisle-free, mostly undivided megalithic buildings of the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age were built in the Neolithic .
The southwest-northeast oriented gallery is 3.1 m long, at the entrance about 1.4 m wide and tapers slightly to 1.2 m. The gallery is wedge-shaped both in plan and in profile. Small stones make up the northeast end. A wide flat stone above the entrance to the gallery is the original lintel . The gallery does not seem to have been segmented, as is sometimes found. Each side wall consists of two orthostats . They are about one meter high at the entrance and decrease in height towards the end. The front capstone rests on the rear. Stones and dry masonry are placed between the supporting stones and cap stones of the gallery .
Nearby is the Corrower Ogham Stone .
See also
literature
- Anthony Weir: Early Ireland: A Field Guide . Blackstaff Press, 1980 ISBN 0-856-40212-5
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Coordinates: 54 ° 5 '23.84 " N , 9 ° 2' 52.47" W.