What is recorded here

Knockshanvo holds a wedge tomb where ancient hands tilted massive stones to form a narrow chamber. The structure still stands in County Clare, preserving the shape of burial practices from a distant age. Its simple geometry suggests people valued clarity and permanence, building a last shelter that could resist the erosion of centuries.

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

Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). These tombs are characteristic of western Ireland and represent a regional evolution of megalithic burial traditions.

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