Tullycommon Wedge Tomb

Tullycommon Wedge Tomb
Native name
Irish: Tuama Dinge Thulach Chumann
Dermot & Grania's Bed
Location of Tullycommon Wedge Tomb in Ireland
Type wedge-shaped gallery grave
Location Tullycommon, Kilnaboy,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates 53°01′32″N 9°03′30″W / 53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380Coordinates: 53°01′32″N 9°03′30″W / 53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380
Built c. 2500–2000 BC
Official name: Tullycommon 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]

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]

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 – via Google Books.
  5. ↑ "megalithomania: Tullycommon (Clare) :: Wedge Tomb :: Visit notes".
  6. ↑ "Tullycommon Wedge Tomb".
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