Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb | |
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Native name Irish: Tuama Dingeach Bhaile Éamainn Duibh | |
Giant’s Grave | |
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Type | Wedge tomb |
Location | Barrack Road,
Glencullen, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°13′45″N 6°13′35″W / 53.229074°N 6.226310°W |
Height | 1.83 m (6.0 ft) |
Built | c. 18th century BC |
Official name | Ballyedmonduff |
Reference no. | 437 [1] |
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and a National Monument in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is found on the south-eastern slope of the Two Rock mountain. Ongoing replanting and an expansion of mountain biking [6] in the area by Coillte [7] has removed all the surrounding trees and access is somewhat gated; giving preference to mountain bikes trails running within 15ft of the national monument.
This is an early Bronze Age wedge tomb, circa 1700 BC, and was situated in a small clearing in a planted forest before the trees surrounding it were cut down in 2020.
The tomb was excavated in the 1830s and then again in the 1940s; during this excavation cremated bone, a polished stone hammer, flints and pottery were found. The tomb is U-shaped and features double-walling; the rectangular chamber is divided into three parts.
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb | |
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Native name Irish: Tuama Dingeach Bhaile Éamainn Duibh | |
Giant’s Grave | |
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Type | Wedge tomb |
Location | Barrack Road,
Glencullen, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53°13′45″N 6°13′35″W / 53.229074°N 6.226310°W |
Height | 1.83 m (6.0 ft) |
Built | c. 18th century BC |
Official name | Ballyedmonduff |
Reference no. | 437 [1] |
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and a National Monument in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. [2] [3] [4] [5]
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is found on the south-eastern slope of the Two Rock mountain. Ongoing replanting and an expansion of mountain biking [6] in the area by Coillte [7] has removed all the surrounding trees and access is somewhat gated; giving preference to mountain bikes trails running within 15ft of the national monument.
This is an early Bronze Age wedge tomb, circa 1700 BC, and was situated in a small clearing in a planted forest before the trees surrounding it were cut down in 2020.
The tomb was excavated in the 1830s and then again in the 1940s; during this excavation cremated bone, a polished stone hammer, flints and pottery were found. The tomb is U-shaped and features double-walling; the rectangular chamber is divided into three parts.