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WEDGE TOMB in Mountdrum

WEDGE TOMB

What is recorded here

Wedge Tomb in Mountdrum stands as a prehistoric chamber in County Fermanagh, preserving the shape of burial practices from the Neolithic and Bronze Age. Its wedge form suggests people cut stone not for grand display but for function, fitting dead bodies into angled rooms beneath the earth. The tomb still holds that purpose, waiting for curiosity instead of forgetting.
The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as WEDGE TOMB. Recorded period: NEO/B.A.; PREHISTORIC. Recorded protection: Scheduled. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.
Wedge tomb; dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period. It is a significant prehistoric burial monument, characteristic of the later megalithic traditions in Ireland.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

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