Tullycommon Wedge Tomb

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
Typewedge-shaped gallery grave
LocationTullycommon, Kilnaboy,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates53.025422°N 9.058380°W / 53.025422; -9.058380
Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
Official nameTullycommon Wedge Tomb
Reference no.270

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".
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