Tullycommon Wedge Tomb

Wedge-shaped gallery grave in County Clare, Ireland
53°01′32″N 9°03′30″W / 53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
National monument of Ireland
Official nameTullycommon Wedge TombReference 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. ISBN 9781841716190 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "megalithomania: Tullycommon (Clare) :: Wedge Tomb :: Visit notes".
  6. ^ "Tullycommon Wedge Tomb".
  • Tullycommon Wedge Tomb at the Clare County Library