Haroldstown Dolmen, megalithic portal tomb
by Trudi Doyle
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Title
Haroldstown Dolmen, megalithic portal tomb
Artist
Trudi Doyle
Medium
Painting - Watercolour Painting
Description
Haroldstown Dolmen illuminated by the rising sun,
This Megalithic Dolmen is near where I live in County Carlow Ireland As a child my parents told me that it was a giants table and the capstone had been thrown by the giant from a nearby hill ! In fact a dolmen is a type of single-chamber tomb, usually consisting of two or more megaliths supporting a large flat horizontal capstone ("table").
Dolmens mostly date from the early Neolithic period 6000 & 4000 years ago. They were originally covered with earth or smaller stones to form an ancient burial mound or tumulus. A chararteristic feature is a massive roof stone or slab, usually weighing many tons and inclined at an angle with the highest part over the entrance or'portal' though this is often closed by a blocking stone
In many instances the earth covering has weathered away, leaving only the stone "skeleton" of the burial mound intact as in the case of this.Haroldstown Dolmen.
Dolmens are our most clearly recognisable megalithic monument, there are about 190 in Ireland, They are known by many different names including Cromleachs, Giants Graves, Leabas, Diarmuid and Grainne's Beds and Stone tables.
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Comments (7)
Taphath Foose
Beautiful interpretation, Trudi!!! Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Beautiful Watercolors"! I invite you to place it in the group's "Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/F
ARTography by Pamela Smale Williams
Playful approach to this hefty subject. Wonderful how unique and delicate you've made a weighty megalith from the Ages appear, Trudi! V/ fav/ Twt/ Pamela
Joel Bruce Wallach
Trudi, this magical work reveals the subtle energy radiance so rarely seen in photographs of the dolmen stones!