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Wedge tomb in Lettera

Wedge tomb

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One chamber and a long wedge of stones still mark the ground at Lettera. Build that shape, and the dead stop being a private loss. They become witnesses inside the world, still present under the sky.
See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume II. County Mayo. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1964) Date of upload: 3 January 2012
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its form is characteristic of west Irish megalithic traditions and reflects regional funerary practices of the period.

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