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Wedge tomb in Culleens

Wedge tomb

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Wedge tomb in Culleens is a wedge tomb in Culleens, County Sligo, Ireland. Seán Ó Nualláin documented the site in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume V: County Sligo, published by the Stationery Office in Dublin in 1989. The monument belongs to the megalithic tomb tradition preserved across that county.
See linked document with details from Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume V. County Sligo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1989) Date of upload: 9 January 2012
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). These tombs are significant as they represent a regional development in Irish megalithic architecture, often associated with changes in burial practices and social organisation.

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