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Wedge tomb

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Mortuary temples and ceremonial feasting halls existed everywhere. The dead were not discarded like animal bones. They were honoured, remembered and celebrated. That is what these structures show.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Portal dolmen, dating to the Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is part of a broader megalithic tradition in Ireland and reflects early communal burial practices and stone construction techniques.

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