What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Castlequarter is a wedge tomb in Castlequarter, County Roscommon, Ireland. It occupied a slight east-west rise towards the bottom of a south-facing slope in an east-southeast-west-northwest valley with an extensive view out west-northwest. A 1974 description recorded the east end of a gallery containing a backstone and side-stones, all between 0.15 and 0.3m high. The monument had been removed by 1984, leaving no visible structure in the reclaimed pasture except possible stones near the field corner.

Situated on a slight E-W rise towards the bottom of a S-facing slope in an ESE-WNW valley, with an extensive view out W-NW. It was described in 1974 as the E end of a gallery consisiting of a backstone (dim. 1m N-S) with side-stones at N (dim. 0.9m E-W) and S (dim. 0.4m E-W), There was a second side-stone 1.7m to the W at N and a second side-stone (dim. 0.3m E-W) just to the W at S (SMR file). All the stones were 0.15-0.3m high, but the monument had been removed by 1984. It is not visible at ground level in reclaimed pasture, but some stones c. 30m to the SE at the corner of the field may have come from the monument. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 September 2013

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its orientation and location suggest it was part of a ceremonial or funerary landscape, possibly linked to broader regional burial practices in the region.

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