Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb

Slievenaglasha wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland.[1][2]

Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb
Native name
Irish: Carraig na Glaise
Dermot & Grania's Bed
Location of Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb in Ireland
Typewedge-shaped gallery grave
LocationSlievenaglasha, Kilnaboy,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates53.017331°N 9.051686°W / 53.017331; -9.051686
Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
Official nameSlievenaglasha Wedge Tomb
Reference no.270

Location

Slievenaglasha wedge tomb is located on a hilltop at the western edge of the Burren, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) southeast of Carran. It lies in the townland also called Slievenaglasha, in the parish of Kilnaboy.

History

Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. It was damaged in AD 1894.[3][4][5]

Legend

Local lore associated the wedge tomb with a sea-green cow Glas Gaibhnenn, abducted from Spain by the smith Gavida. From this magical cow's udders used to flow all the rivers on the mountain-side (the "source of the seven streams" lies to the southwest), was tricked by a hag, who, in place of a milk-pail, milked her into a sieve. The cow either died of grief or deserted that locality for ever. Another version has Lon Mac Liomtha as her owner. The herd was supposedly housed at the wedge tomb of Slievenaglasha.[6]

Description

All that remains of this obviously once substantial ruined wedge tomb is a huge 3.5 m (11′6″) long wall slab on the northwest. The opposite wall and the capstone have both been damaged.

References
  1. http://foto.clarelibrary.ie/fotoweb/Preview.fwx?position=1&archiveType=ImageFolder&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&search=CL010-06423-&fileId=0874E8E09149F0AC42468A88E715356927E2F66EDDDF6356731D1C0F3F7667463E85551A1FE11B5E5A3F957F710C9E6B21437DF01E1A0EC7763BB65E6131DE63943DFFFA2D475ED7C090A2A4055112EA93A3FB7DD57EDA313F84DDA5C7CCC8F3840734D5B3F9E540547F9954287E12975FB6317EFE0858A0B2849F6AAB840EBF4EA70F2EF7BABE7AF9875155B0E281CB92A775398996F290983393B1DD294BC4C13669E9EC80B731
  2. Friel, Maeve (1 January 1997). Here lies: a guide to Irish graves. Poolbeg. ISBN 9781853717130 – via Google Books.
  3. Annotation to 6-inch OS map.
  4. (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.
  5. Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1 January 1998). "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" – via Google Books.
  6. "Slievenaglasha".
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