A gallery grave is a form of megalithic tomb built primarily during the Neolithic Age in Europe in which the main gallery of the tomb is entered without...
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by local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civilization. They were collective...
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categories of megalithic tombs: court cairns, portal dolmens, wedge-shaped gallery graves, and passage tombs. This appears to be one of the first uses of the...
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up gallery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gallery or The Gallery may refer to: Art gallery Contemporary art gallery Online art gallery Gallery (band)...
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Altar Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and national monument located outside the village of Schull, in County Cork, Ireland. Altar Wedge Tomb...
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The Island Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located southeast of Mallow in County Cork, Ireland. The Island Wedge Tomb...
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consists of a stele, stone megaliths and a gallery grave, and is one of the larger Nuragic Giants' graves on the island. The Nuraghe La Prisgiona is located...
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Grave goods, in archaeology and anthropology, are items buried along with a body. They are usually personal possessions, supplies to smooth the deceased's...
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tomb Transepted gallery grave Wedge-shaped gallery grave Entrance grave such as Portal dolmen Scillonian entrance grave Passage grave including: The tholos...
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Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Carrowcrom Wedge Tomb is located 7 km (4...
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Cabragh Wedge Tomb, also called Cabragh I or the Giant's Grave, is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Sligo, Ireland....
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Cist (redirect from Cist grave)
/ˈkɪst/; from Greek: κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies...
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Carrowcastle Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Carrowcastle Wedge Tomb is located 5 km...
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Court cairn (section Gallery)
court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chambered cairn or gallery grave. During the period, 3900–3500 BC, more than 390 court cairns were built...
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Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland. Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb is located 4 km...
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Tumulus (redirect from Grave mound)
tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and...
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La Roche-aux-Fées (English: The Fairies' Rock) is a Neolithic gallery grave, or dolmen, located in the commune of Essé, in the French department of Ille-et-Vilaine...
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Altore Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and national monument located in County Roscommon, Ireland. Altore Wedge Tomb is located 5.4 km (3.4 mi)...
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Caheraphuca wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located near Crusheen in County Clare, Ireland. Caheraphuca wedge tomb is...
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Doorus Demesne wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland. Doorus Demesne wedge tomb is located...
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Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and a National Monument in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is found...
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Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland. Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is located in the...
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white as well. Megalithic art is extremely rare in Central Europe. The gallery grave at Züschen in Germany is an intriguing exception, as it appears to mix...
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Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland. Tullycommon wedge...
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Carrownlisheen Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located on Inishmaan, Ireland. Carrownlisheen Wedge Tomb is located in...
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They date to between 3500 and 2500BC. They are similar to Wedge-shaped gallery graves in that in plan they have a narrow entrance that widens out inside into...
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Moylisha Wedge Tomb, also called Labbanasighe, is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Wicklow, Ireland. Moylisha Wedge...
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Scotland Giants' grave, a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age by the Nuragic civilization Giant's Grave, Northern Ireland...
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Seine–Oise–Marne culture (section Gallery)
It lasted from around 3100 to 2000 BCE and is most famous for its gallery grave megalithic tombs, which incorporate a port-hole slab separating the...
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