What is recorded here

Derreen holds a wedge tomb where ancient hands tilted stone to catch the last light. The chamber still waits for the dead it swallowed centuries before written memory. You can stand beside it in County Kerry and feel the weight of forgotten lives pressing through the grass.

See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982) Date of upload: 7 January 2012

Wedge tomb; dates to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). This type of tomb is significant as it represents a regional development in Irish megalithic architecture, reflecting changes in burial practices and social organisation.

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