What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Cartronaglogh is a wedge tomb in Cartronaglogh, County Roscommon, Ireland. It stands towards the top of the SW-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain in a clearing in a coniferous forest. The wedge-shaped chamber measures 4.8m ENE-WSW and 1.8m to 1.95m NNW-SSE, built from ten orthostats and a backstone. A portico at the W end is separated from the chamber by a sillstone that does not block the opening.

Towards the top of the SW-facing slope of Kilronan Mountain in a clearing in a coniferous forest. Wedge-shaped chamber (int. dims 4.8m ENE-WSW; 1.8m NNW-SSE at E to 1.95m NNW-SSW at W) consisting of ten orthostats and a backstone (dims. 1.7m x 0.35m; H 0.75m) had a portico (dims 2m NNW-SSE; 1.35m ENE-WSW) at the W end separated from the chamber by a sillstone (dims 0.7m x 0.25m; H 0.3m) which does not block the opening. The stones are generally 0.3-0.6m high, and there are possible kerbstones of the original cairn to the SW of the gallery. No evidence of roofstones survives. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010 See attached document with a plan and section of the monument and view from NW.

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its wedge-shaped chamber and use of orthostats are characteristic of a regional megalithic tradition in western Ireland, reflecting early communal burial practices and landscape organisation.

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