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	Tomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A tomb is a small building (or "vault") for the remains of the dead, with walls, a roof, and (if it is to be used for more than one corpse) a door.
		It may be partly or wholly in the ground (except for its entrance) in a cemetery, or it may be inside a church proper or in its crypt.
		All evidence is in favour of the opinion that this tomb was somewhere near the Damascus gate, and outside the city, and cannot be identified with the so-called "holy sepulchre." The mouth of such rocky tombs was usually closed by a large stone (Heb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomb (245 words)

	Megalithic Tombs of Groningen G1-G5
		Megalithic Tombs of Groningen G1-G5 The megalithic tombs of the Netherlands, Province of Groningen
		The megalithic tombs of the Netherlands, Province of Groningen
		It is a new type megalithic tomb (Dutch: hunebed) for the Netherlands, because the stones (6 orthostats, 3 roof stones and 1 kerb stone) are small and the grave is lying in the bottom, no covering hill is found.
	www.geocities.com /hunebedden/Nederland01.html (336 words)

	Megalithic tomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Megalithic tombs appear to have been used by communities for the long-term deposition of the remains of their dead and some seem to have undergone alteration and enlargement.
		Further examples of megalithic tombs include the stalled cairn at Midhowe in Orkney and the passage grave at Bryn Celli Ddu on Anglesey laid (megaliths) on edge which were then covered with earth or more, smaller stones.
		It is a type of chamber tomb used to describe the structures built across Atlantic Europe, the Mediterranean and neighbouring regions, mostly during the Neolithic period.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Megalithic_tomb (543 words)

	megalithic monument on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Western European megaliths were constructed during the Neolithic and the Bronze Age and are believed to range in date from c.4000 BC to 1100 BC Most chamber tombs were probably built during the 4th millennium BC, and the stone circles generally date somewhat later.
		Megalithic monuments may be divided into four categories: the chamber tomb, or dolmen ; the single standing stone, or menhir ; the stone row; and the stone circle.
		Vera Collum and the excavation of a `Roman' megalithic tomb.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/m1/megalith.asp (817 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith
		The tholos tomb has three parts: a narrow entranceway, or dromos, often lined with fieldstones and later with cut stones; a deep doorway, or stomion, covered over with one to three lintel blocks; and a circular chamber with a high vaulted or corbeled roof, the thalamos.
		Towards end of period, tombs were very large and surrounded by a moat, and earthenware figures and models (haniwa) were placed in a series of concentric rings around the tomb.
		There are two main varieties: axial-chambered tombs, with the passage entrance opening from the center of the broader end of the mound, and lateral-chambered tombs, where two megalithic chambers are entered from opposite sides of the mound.
	www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?exact=1&terms=tomb (2622 words)

	Newgrange Ireland - Megalithic Passage Tomb - World Heritage Site
		The passage and chamber of Newgrange are illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise.
		Admission to the chamber of the tomb at Newgrange for the Winter Solstice sunrise is by lottery, application forms are available at the reception desk in the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre, in 2003 nearly 20,000 applications were submitted.
		The Passage Tomb at Newgrange was re-discovered in 1699 by the removal of material for road building.
	www.knowth.com /newgrange.htm (766 words)

	Megalith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones.
		In Western Europe and the Mediterranean, megaliths are generally constructions erected during the Neolithic or late stone age and Chalcolithic or Copper Age (4500 - 1500 B.C.E).
		Many megaliths were thought to have a purpose in determining important astronomical events such as the solstice and equinox dates (see archaeoastronomy).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Megalith.htm (559 words)

	Megalithic Monuments of the Stone Age (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The megalithic tombs of the Neolithic period in Ireland are divided according to their form and mode of construction into five major types.
		The portal tombs seen in today’s landscape are in most cases only the skeletons of the actual tomb; they are structures of large stones and slabs from which the covering mound of earth or stone has long been removed or eroded away.
		Passage tombs are among the most striking and best known megalithic tombs in Ireland and beyond; the most internationally famous one being the great tomb of Newgrange, followed closely by its sister tombs of Knowth and Dowth.
	homepage.eircom.net /~hgeissel/Hrtg/megalit.htm (3080 words)

	Encyclopedia: Megalithic tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Megalithic tomb, Mane Braz, Brittany A megalith is a large stone which has been used to construct a structure or monument either alone or with other stones.
		A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures.
		The Court cairn is a variety of megalithic chamber tomb found in south west Scotland and central and northern Ireland.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Megalithic-tomb (1293 words)

	Parknabinnia Submission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The proposed development would severely detract from the amenity of the megalithic tomb cemetery at Parknabinnia and the archaeological landscape in which it is situated.
		Cooney, in his paper in Antiquity (1990) ìThe place of megalithic tomb cemeteries in Irelandî, noted that one of the tombs was situated on the highest point of the ridge in a prominent location, overlooking the remainder of the tombs.
		Cooney noted the 12 tombs are all of the same type, occur in a restricted area, there is a focal point and there is a clustering within the group and it can be defined as a megalithic tomb cemetery.
	homepages.iol.ie /~sec/Parknabinnia.html (659 words)

	Old Parish County Waterford Ireland - Area
		An example of the earliest megalithic tombs in Ireland, commonly known as court tombs, is to be found in the area of the Mine Head Lighthouse.
		The best-known megalithic tomb is Newgrange on the river Boyne in Co. Meath.
		Other evidence of settlement in Co. Waterford from this period are the nearest known megalithic tombs at Gaulstown, Mattewstown and Ballynageeragh in or around the Tramore area, and an important find of an uncommonly fine, polished stone implement at Aglish, Co. Waterford presently in the National Museum.
	www.oldparish.org /oldparish.htm (1801 words)

	Megalithic tomb
		This existence of this tomb was confirmed by the archaeologist, Paul Gosling in August 1989, having been first identified by Dr Peter Gill, of the Centre for Island Studies, Clare Island, as a possibly ancient structure some time before.
		The tomb itself is a jumble of large stones, mantled, in the summer months, by a dense growth of bracken.
		Apart from their role as burial monuments, megalithic tombs are also likely to have acted as focal points for the communities who built them, possibly fulfilling roles as places of assembly for law-making, games, and rituals connected with the cycle of the seasons.
	homepage.eircom.net /~centreforislandstudies/Megalithic%20tomb.htm (459 words)

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		This portal tomb is spectacular though and it is easy to see why it is one of the most photographed things in Ireland.
		2km (NNW) is a wedge tomb at Gleninsheen.
		7.4km (SSE) is a wedge tomb at Parknabinnia.
	www.megalithomania.com /show_site.php?site_id=768 (418 words)

	Excavations.ie. Searchable database of Irish excavation reports. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although all five did belong to the earliest in the Irish megalithic period, the inner time-span is still considerable, and little was known of the inner chronology of the Carrowmore cemetery.
		In order to determine whether a megalithic tomb was hidden under the heap of stones, removal of the covering material with the help of light machinery took place during the 1998 season.
		Furthermore, the existence of megalithic tombs, one of which has been recorded as a court tomb, in close proximity to the hut site and the field systems, may provide vital information about the cultural and chronological relationship between the two megalithic traditions in question: the passage tombs and the court tombs.
	www.excavations.ie /Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Sligo&id=1495 (2866 words)

	Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The excavations of the Early Bronze IB megalithic burial, the Early Bronze IV "cemetery," and the Middle Bronze IIC cave-tomb were supervised by Bogdan Dabrowski with assistance from Tomasz Bochenski, Dorota Dabrowski, Muriel Geroli, Maryla Kapica, Howard Krug, Frank Reschke, Sarah Spangler, and Eva Swiniarska.
		The tomb is believed to be a dolmen although it had no covering slab.
		The tomb was contemporaneous with the fortified MB IIC town on Tell el-`Umeiri and is presumed to contain the remains of the sedentary villagers of the site.
	www.andrews.edu /ARCHAEOLOGY/mpp/Small_Exc.htm (534 words)

	Burren and Aran Islands Highlights
		Portal tombs are distinguished by their two large portal stones which stand on either side of the entrance and their massive, sloping capstones.
		These were not the remains of bodies that decomposed within the tomb, they were instead the remains of bodies that had been buried or stored elsewhere until they decomposed, and only later were they transferred to the portal tomb.
		The bones were placed in the chamber of the tomb in a jumbled mass and many had been jammed down into the grykes (cracks) of the bedrock floor.
	www.burrenarch.com /id2.html (351 words)

	LeDehus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The tomb, covered by a grassy mound some 20m in diameter and edged by a circle of standing stones (some original) is accessed through a gate directly from the side of the road and down a couple of steps.
		Anyway, bucket loads of limpet shells were removed from the tomb during its first excavation by the eminent antiquarian FC Lukis in the 10 years from 1837 – 1847 and he concluded that not only did the quantity of shells display evidence of ritual disposition, there was probably a shell midden nearby.
		The tomb is aligned on a roughly east / west axis, a common feature of most megalithic tombs, showing some concern for a positional relationship between the conjunction of the sky and the dead.
	www.ougswessex.fsnet.co.uk /guernsey/ledehus.html (1397 words)

	Loughscur - Megalithic Tomb? - County Leitrim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marked on the OS map as a megalithic tomb, there is some dispute as to the status of the Loughscur remains.
		Variously interpreted as a portal tomb, or the remains of an aborted stone splitting operation, we even wondered if this could be a ruined wedge tomb, despite its lowland setting.
		About 7m to the north of the tomb, by a tree, are two large stones, one of these is erect and stands about a metre high.
	www.megalithics.com /ireland/lughscur/lougmain.htm (237 words)

	Knowth & Newgrange Ireland, Tara and other Ancient Ireland sites.
		The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara are located in the present day County of Meath on the east coast of Ireland.
		While passage tomb is the traditional description for Newgrange and similar structures, chambered cairn or passage mound are the descriptions favoured by those who consider the passage tomb description too narrow.
		Irish passage tombs tend to occur in clusters traditionally described as a Necropolis or cemetery.
	www.knowth.com (578 words)

	Knowth megalithic passage-tomb in the Boyne Valley
		While Newgrange is by far the most famous of the three Boyne Valley passage-tombs, Knowth is by far the most impressive in terms of megalithic art, scale and layered history.
		Knowth contains one quarter of all known megalithic art in Europe, has two passages, and a total of 18 smaller "satellite mounds".
		Megalithic sundial - this photograph shows a small neolithic sundial carved onto one of the kerbstones at Knowth.
	www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/knowth (850 words)

	Dwarfie Stane, Rock-cut Tomb - Megalithic Mysteries
		Inside the tomb are two cells separated from the entrance by distinct square kerbs (visible in the interior photograph below).
		In folklore Trollid, a dwarf famous in the northern sagas was said to live in the tomb - as mentioned in Scott's "The Pirate".
		Originally thought to be derived from the rock-cut tombs of Malta and elsewhere, the style is now believed to be of local origin, similar to the lower chambers of Taversoe Tuick on the nearby island of Rousay.
	easyweb.easynet.co.uk /~aburnham/scot/dwarf.htm (361 words)

	Tara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The megalithic tomb called the Mound of the Hostages is the oldest monument on the Hill of Tara dating back to between 2500 B.C. and 3000 B.C. The passage, 4m in length and 1m wide, was subdivided by sillstones into three compartments each containing cremated remains.
		The term passage tomb is disliked by those who consider megalithic mounds to be have been primarily astronomical observatories or sacred temples.
		This stone may once have stood in front of the entrance to the passage and, like the two pillar-shaped stones that stand in front of both the eastern and western tombs at Knowth, it too may be contemporary with the tomb and belong to a tradition of erecting standing stones around or in passage tombs.
	www.screen.ru /school/english/Ireland/Tara.htm (345 words)

	Megalithic Tombs in Drenthe, D41-D43
		The megalithic tombs of the Netherlands, Province of Drenthe
		Map of the megalithic tomb Drenthe 41 near Emmen (Noord-es), municipality of Emmen, cadastral section C nr.
		Map of the megalithic tomb Drenthe 42 near Westenesch (Schietbaanbosje), municipality of Emmen, cadastral section C nr.
	www.geocities.com /hunebedden/Nederland13.html (170 words)

	Megalithic tomb -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		They were covered by a stone (Small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland) cairn or earth (A cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels) barrow.
		The (Any customary observance or practice) ritual significance of the tombs is supported by the presence of (Click link for more info and facts about megalithic art) megalithic art carved into the stones at some sites.
		Further examples of megalithic tombs include the stalled cairn at Midhowe in Orkney and the passage grave at (Click link for more info and facts about Bryn Celli Ddu) Bryn Celli Ddu on (An island northwest of Wales) Anglesey
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/me/megalithic_tomb.htm (291 words)

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		On the Winter Solstice when the sky is clear a shaft of light from the rising sun penetrates to the heart of a domed chamber deep within.
		The tri-spiral design on orthostat C10 in the chamber at Newgrange is probably the most famous Irish Megalithic symbol.
		The design is also located all over the passage and marked even on the stone at the entrance of the tomb.
	www.du.edu /~slongstr/ireland.htm (168 words)

	Special Places in Nature
		Tara, Ireland: The megalithic tomb called the Mound of the Hostages is the oldest monument on the Hill of Tara dating back to between 2500 B.C. and 3000 B.C. The passage, 4m in length and 1m wide, was subdivided by sillstones into three compartments each containing cremated remains.
		Carrowmore: Carrowmore is the largest cemetery of megalithic tombs in Ireland.
		One of the tombs, just inside the kerb of the mound, has a single side chamber opening off a large circular chamber with decorations on some of the stones.
	www.stevenredhead.com /Natures-Places/mysteriouspalce.html (776 words)

	stonelight.ie - Gravel extraction threatens Vital megalithic tomb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of Ireland's most important megalithic tomb sites believe to be at least 1, 000 years older than those of the Boyne Valley and to hold the key to one of the great mysteries of Irish archaeology is in danger of being destroyed by commercial - gravel extraction.
		Prof O'Kelly said yesterday that, since the discovery of 100 tomb sites at Carrowmore in the middle of the last century, 70 of the stones structures have been destroyed by commercial gravel extraction carried out by local farmers.
		According to Prof O'Kelly this proves beyond doubt that the tomb builders were not invaders or colonists from Brittany or Britain but that they were the original ancient Irish, hunters and gatherers of food who arrived here around 7,000 BC and settled at Carrowmore between 5,000 and 4,000 BC.
	www.stonelight.ie /archive/arch69.html (407 words)

	stonelight.ie - Gravel Extraction Threatens Vital Megalithic Tomb. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		One of Ireland's most important Megalithic tomb sites believed to be at least 1,000 years older than those of the Boyne Valley and to hold the key to one of the great mysteries of Irish archaeology is in danger of being destroyed by commercial gravel extraction.
		Professor O' Kelly said yesterday that since the discovery of 100 tomb sites at Carrowmore in the middle of the last century 70 of the stone structures have been destroyed by commercial gravel extraction carried out by local farmers.
		Up to now, he explained, archaeologists have held that the megalithic settlers who built the vast passage graves of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth had come up the River Boyne directly from Brittany and Britian and established a flourishing agricultural society in the Boyne Valley around 3,000 BC.
	www.stonelight.ie /archive/arch36.html (311 words)

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