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Wedge tomb in Gortnacarriga (muskerry West By.)

Wedge tomb
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In undulating hilly terrain, in an area of felled coniferous forestry. This wedge tomb is situated 20m N of a large expanse of outcropping rock. The remains comprise a gallery (L 2.73m; Wth 1.05m at W, narrowing to 0.95m at E), aligned WSW-ENE, represented by two sidestones at N, three to the S, and a single backstone at E. Two longitudinally set jambstones stand inside the W end. The gallery is surrounded by outer-walling, two stones to the N, one to the E, and four along the S side. A partially exposed prostrate slab (1.35m x 0.8m) lying immediately outside the S outer-walling may be a displaced roofstone. A second slab (L 1m; Wth 0.47m) lies in the gallery area. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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