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Cruciform tumuluses

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  • 24-03-2014 10:49pm
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    dublinviking
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    The Tumulus of Newgrange, Co. Meath.

    tumulus.jpg

    http://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-tumulus.htm

    Does anyone know where else can we find cruciform tumuluses apart from Ireland? Also does anyone have a list of these tumuluses in ireland?


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    Sultan of Swing
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    This link may be of some small help in your research: http://www.megalithics.com/europe/jersey/bie/biemain.htm#corbel

    Maeshowe on Orkney is a cruciform-shaped passage tomb,but post-dates those of Newgrange,Dowth and Knowth.


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    dublinviking
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    I found this as well

    There are a few long barrows in england with this cruciform shape, Notgrove, Uley, Nympsfield. Wiki's page on the Severn Cotswold tombs mentions similarities with those in the Loire valley and refers to them as Transcepted gallery graves.


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    Sultan of Swing
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    Just a few more Irish cruciform passage tombs:

    Slieve Gullion,Co.Armagh.
    Knockroe,Co.Kilkenny.
    Fourknocks,Co.Meath.
    Loughcrew,Co.Meath:Cairns H,T and F.
    Carrowmore,Co.Sligo:Site 27.
    Carrowkeel,Co.Sligo:Cairns F,G,K and M(Carrickahorna East).
    Belmore mountain,Co.Fermanagh.


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    Tordelback
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    Whatever you're looking into Dublinviking, don't use that plan of Newgrange - it's very inaccurate. At least use O'Kelly's: plan-section-605.gif

    Also, you can download the whole of the Megalithic Survey volume by volume as PDFs, and thus precise drawings of every single megalthic tomb in Ireland, if you google "archaeology.ie megalithic survey" - I can't find an index page, but it's all there.

    Listing all the cruciform tombs in Europe is going to take a long time, but I'll start you off with the amazing La Hougue Bie on Jersey:

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    dublinviking
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    Tordelback thank you very much. I am interesting in distribution of these structures in the world actually, and in Eurasia in Particular. I am also interested in types of objects found in them. Are we always finding stone altars or not for instance and where are they located usually. Are there any other common objects found in or around them

    survey of megalithic tombs of Ireland

    http://www.archaeology.ie/media/archeologyie/MegalithicSurvey/SMI%20Vol%205%20Figures%20and%20Maps.pdf


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