What is recorded here

Marianne stood before the Gortacullin wedge tomb, wondering if the chamber still held the heat of hands that shaped it. The wedge shape suggests people understood death as a direction rather than a disaster, pointing inward like an arrow released into darkness. She touched no stone but felt the patience of centuries returning, steady as breath.

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Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). These tombs are significant as they represent a regional variant of megalithic burial monuments found primarily in the west of Ireland.

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