Tullycommon Wedge Tomb | |
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Native name Irish: Tuama Dinge Thulach Chumann | |
Dermot & Grania's Bed | |
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 |
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 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]
Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. [4]
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]
Tullycommon Wedge Tomb | |
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Native name Irish: Tuama Dinge Thulach Chumann | |
Dermot & Grania's Bed | |
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 |
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 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]
Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. [4]
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]