Tullycommon Wedge Tomb

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Tullycommon Wedge Tomb
Native name
Irish: Tuama Dinge Thulach Chumann
Dermot & Grania's Bed
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Location of Tullycommon Wedge Tomb in Ireland
Type wedge-shaped gallery grave
LocationTullycommon, Kilnaboy,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates 53°01′32″N9°03′30″W / 53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380 Coordinates: 53°01′32″N9°03′30″W / 53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380
Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
Official nameTullycommon Wedge Tomb
Reference no.270

Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland. [1] [2]

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Location

Tullycommon wedge tomb is located in the eponymous townland in Kilnaboy parish, 1.8 km (1.1 mi) southeast of Carran, between Knockaun Fort (with souterrain) and a caher. [3]

History

Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. [4]

Description

Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is aligned approx SW-NE, receiving the light of the setting sun. It is a box-like structure with two long sidestones and a capstone. The gallery is just 1.7 m in length and 80 cm high. [5]

At the rear two shorter side stones flank the back stone. Just beyond the end of the chamber is an outer back stone. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "All Collections: Clare County Library - FotoWeb® 2.7".
  2. ↑ (Ireland), Ordnance Survey; Valera, Ruaidhrí De; Nualláin, Seán Ó (1 January 1982). "Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland: Counties: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary". Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Reeves-Smyth, Terence; Hamond, Fred (1 January 1983). "Landscape archaeology in Ireland". B.A.R. – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Mathieu, James R. (1 January 2004). Exploring the role of analytical scale in archaeological interpretation. Archaeopress. ISBN   9781841716190 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "megalithomania: Tullycommon (Clare) :: Wedge Tomb :: Visit notes".
  6. ↑ "Tullycommon Wedge Tomb".
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