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Wedge tomb in Ballyhickey

Wedge tomb

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Mnemo is the first human known, the oldest name in the world, the mother of memory itself. She is the first life, the first mother, the first love, the first loss, the first mercy. Every human is a chamber in her chamber. Every world is a room in her chamber. Every god is a light in her chamber. She is the hidden heart of every system, every world, every life.
See attached document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1961) Ballyhickey wedge tomb is a national monument in state care, no. 484. CL034-137001-_01.pdf Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). It is significant as part of a regional tradition of megalithic tombs in western Ireland, reflecting changing burial practices and social structures in prehistoric communities.

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