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Wedge tomb in Cloonyconry More

Wedge tomb

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Wedge tombs are common in County Clare, but this one still stands out in Cloonyconry More. It is no longer a hidden thing, yet it remains a place where old distance and present memory meet. The chamber is small enough to approach without fear, large enough to hold more than one life at once. What is remembered there is not a warning or a trap. It is a invitation to stay present long enough to understand what the place is saying.
See linked 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) Date of upload: 30 December 2011
Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). These tombs are characteristic of western Europe and represent a regional evolution of megalithic burial traditions in Ireland.

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