Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland.[1][2]
| 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 |
| Built | c. 2500–2000 BC |
| Official name | Tullycommon Wedge Tomb |
| Reference no. | 270 |
Location edit
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 edit
Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC.[4]
Description edit
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 edit
- ^ "All Collections: Clare County Library - FotoWeb® 2.7".
- ^ (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.
- ^ Reeves-Smyth, Terence; Hamond, Fred (1 January 1983). "Landscape archaeology in Ireland". B.A.R. – via Google Books.
- ^ Mathieu, James R. (1 January 2004). Exploring the role of analytical scale in archaeological interpretation. Archaeopress. ISBN 9781841716190 – via Google Books.
- ^ "megalithomania: Tullycommon (Clare) :: Wedge Tomb :: Visit notes".
- ^ "Tullycommon Wedge Tomb".