gallery grave (Long chamber grave

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• Gallery grave — A Gallery grave is a form of Megalithic tomb where there is no size difference between the burial chamber itself and the entrance passage. Two parallel walls of stone slabs were erected to form a corridor and covered with a line of capstones. The …   Wikipedia

• gallery grave — ▪ tomb       long chamber grave, a variant of the collective tomb burials that spread into western and northwestern Europe from the Aegean area during the final stage of the northern Stone Age (c. 2000 BC). In the Severn Cotswold area of Britain …   Universalium

• Chamber tomb — A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interree than a simple grave. Built from rock or sometimes wood, the chambers could… …   Wikipedia

• Giants' grave — (Italian: dei giganti , Sardinian: Tumbas de sos gigantes ) is the name given by local people and archaeologists to a type of Sardinian megalithic gallery grave built during the Bronze Age. They can be found throughout Sardinia, and so far 321… …   Wikipedia

• Uley Long Barrow — Location map|Gloucestershire label = lat = 51.6987 long = 2.3059 caption = Map showing the location of Ulley Long Barrow float = right background = white width = 175Uley Long Barrow, also known locally as Hetty Pegler s Tump , is a Neolithic… …   Wikipedia

• Jersey Dolmens — In 1785 part of Le Mont de la Ville was levelled as a parade ground, which led to the discovery of a dolmen which the Vingtaine de la Ville presented to the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey, Marshal Conway, who subsequently transported it to his… …   Wikipedia

• Züschen (megalithic tomb) — The Züschen tomb (German: Steinkammergrab von Züschen , sometimes also Lohne Züschen ) is a prehistoric burial monument, located between Lohne and Züschen, near Fritzlar, Hesse, Germany. Classified as a gallery grave or a Hessian Westphalian… …   Wikipedia

• Niedertiefenbach (megalithic tomb) — The Niedertiefenbach tomb (German: Steinkistengrab von Niedertiefenbach) is a megalithic tomb located near Beselich Niedertiefebach in Hesse, Germany. It belongs to the Wartberg culture of the Central European Later Neolithic. It is of special… …   Wikipedia

• Architecture of Ireland — The architecture of Ireland is one of the most visible features in the Irish countryside with remains from all eras since the stone age abounding. Ireland is famous for its ruined and intact Norman and Anglo Irish castles, small whitewashed… …   Wikipedia

• Giza, Pyramids of — ▪ pyramids, Egypt Arabic  Ahrāmāt Al Jīzah , Giza also spelled  Gizeh     three 4th dynasty (Egypt, ancient) (c. 2575–c. 2465 BCE) pyramids (pyramid) erected on a rocky plateau on the west bank of the Nile River near Al Jīzah (Jīzah, Al ) (Giza)… …   Universalium

• megalith — megalithic, adj. /meg euh lith/, n. a stone of great size, esp. in ancient construction work, as the Cyclopean masonry, or in prehistoric Neolithic remains, as dolmens or menhirs. [1850 55; MEGA + LITH] * * * Huge, often undressed stone used in… …   Universalium