ROUGH STONE MONUMENTS 



this was certainly not the case. The length of 

 the whole monument is about 42 feet. The slabs 

 cover the inner walls of the chamber, but not 

 the outer lining : this last forms a kind of outer 

 shell to the whole monument. It is shaped roughly 

 like a ship, and runs to a point at the east end, 

 thus representing the bow. The west end is 

 damaged, but may have been pointed like the 

 east. The whole reminds one very forcibly of 

 the naus of the Balearic Isles and the Giants' 

 Graves of Sardinia. Occasionally the corridor- 

 tomb has a kind of portico at its west end. 



Fig. 7. Type-plan of wedge-shaped tomb. The roof 

 slabs are two or more in number. 



In Munster the corridor- tomb takes a peculiar 

 form (Fig. 7). It lies roughly east and west, and 

 its two long sides are placed at a slight angle to one 

 another in such a way that the west end is broader 

 than the east. In a good example of this at 

 Keamcorravooly, County Cork, there are two large 

 capstones and the walls consist of double rows of 



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