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Tullycommon Wedge Tomb
Wedge-shaped gallery grave in County Clare, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tullycommon Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in The Burren region of County Clare, Ireland.[1][2]
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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]
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