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Duntryleague is in Co. Limerick

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gjrk Apr 12, 2008 00:35:25

Replying to tiompan

340 degrees or thereabouts on my compass. Unfortunately I'm no help with the horizon. I'm not really familiar with the area and I had no map with me.
Got the book(s) as well, by the way. Mostly summaries of what's on the ground megalith-wise in the first volume and mostly French stuff which kind of makes sense considering the conference location. Some interesting titbits here and there. I hadn't come across this theory before, though that doesn't mean it's not a bit stale - the capstone of (for example) a portal tomb as the focus of the whole exercise of construction: the veneration of a large rock resulting in its raising to a position of awe-inspiring display. Could have been a part of the story I suppose.

tiompan Apr 12, 2008 08:53:59

Replying to gjrk

gjrk wrote:

Thanks G , I tried to access the map on archaeology ie . but failed dismally .
Capstones , agree , there does seem to be an element of showmanship.
Particularly with dolmens I'm not convinced they were all covered and primarily concerned with burial .

FourWinds Apr 16, 2008 06:04:33

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gjrk wrote:

the capstone of (for example) a portal tomb as the focus of the whole exercise of construction: the veneration of a large rock resulting in its raising to a position of awe-inspiring display.

I've been saying for years that portal tombs weren't covered entirely by a cairn. At most the cairn would have reached the base of the capstone. An example of all the other tomb types have been found with a cairn covering it, but not one portal tomb has been found like that, even ones covered by bogs. As far as I'm aware that goes for the ones in England & Wales (and the few farther afield that have similar characteristics), too.