What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Aghamore (rosclogher By., Glencar Ed) stands on a heather-covered karst plateau where swallow-holes punctuate the ground like forgotten mouthholes. Its broad western end narrows to a sharp eastern point, forming a stone wedge driven into the hill rather than a box buried beneath it. The gallery and portico remain visible inside the drystone revetment, suggesting people entered, placed something valuable, and left the chamber sealed against time. The shape itself records intention: a clear line from threshold to tip, built to be seen and remembered on an open plateau.

Located on a slight rise on the heather-covered karst plateau which slopes SE from Truskmore, with numerous swallow-holes in the vicinity. A wedge-shaped cairn (dims 9m E-W; 3.5m N-S at E to 6.5m N-S at W) is revetted with drystone-walling and orthostats. It contains a gallery (int. dims 3m E-W; 1.8m N-S) which is separated from the portico (max. dims 4.5m E-W; 2.3m N-S) by a possible septal slab and later drystone wall. There are two roofstones in position, and the portico is blocked by a line of upright slabs which completes the façade at W. See the attached aerial view taken from NW The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its wedge-shaped plan and revetted cairn are characteristic of a regional funerary tradition in the west of Ireland, reflecting changing burial practices during the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.

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