What is recorded here
Half a kilometre south of Edengora the ridge tilts east and a long chamber leans inside the bank of a much larger enclosure. The chamber is narrow enough that two people walking side by side would brush the stone walls, and it opens toward the southwest where the last light of day still reaches the floor. The dead may have been carried in along that same ridge, past the enclosure and into a darkness that kept their names longer than the living world did.
Situated at the SE end of a broad NW-SE ridge. It is incorporated into the bank of a large enclosure (ME002-037002-) at W. It consists of an unroofed gallery (max. dims 3.4m NE-SW; 1.2m NW-SE) that opened to the SW where the gallery is widest and closed by a single stone (L 1.8m; H 0.45m). (Eogan 1958, 182-3) `
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 31 August 2018
Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its incorporation into a large enclosure suggests a significant ritual or territorial function in the landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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