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Dolmen in Ryefield East

Wedge tomb

What is recorded here

Situated on gently sloping arable land, in undulating country, c. 300m SE of Cloghnagashee river. Tomb is very ruined. Large roofstone (L 3.9m; Wth over 2.2m) rests above a number of fallen slabs. Single orthostat to S may be sidestone; second leaning orthostat to W may be facade stone. Structure incorporated in a low mound. Despite its ruinous condition the monument maybe interpreted as a wedge-tomb with a gallery orientated roughly W-E. (deValera and O Nualláin 1982, 9, No. 11). Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO052-020

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Donal.hunt, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Kmcnamee, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Hourihan (pitch contractor and image source; individual photographer not named), www.hourihan.ie
  • The Echo; photographer not named in the article, www.echolive.ie
  • The Speckled Bird, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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