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Dolmen

Wedge tomb

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Mud and fire may have dressed the first dolmen, but rain stripped the vanity away, leaving bare bones for everyone to read. That is why the chamber still stands: not to impress, but to be seen. The dead stopped being secrets when the mound opened.
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; likely dates to the Neolithic period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of megalithic funerary practices in western Ireland.

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