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Wedge tomb in Doorus Demesne

Wedge tomb
Wedge tomb in Doorus Demesne
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In pastureland with outcropping rock, some 500m to the S of Kinvarra Bay. The tomb consists of a simple wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.5m; Wth 1.5m at SW narrowing to 1.2m at NE) formed of three uprights and open to the SW. It is covered by a single roofstone on top of which is piled a stack of field stones. The chamber decreases in height from SW to NE and is surrounded by a low mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972, 24-5; Korff and O'Connell, 1985) See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume III. Counties Galway, Roscommon, Leitrim, Longford, Westmeath, Laoighis, Offaly, Kildare, Cavan. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1972).
In pastureland with outcropping rock, some 500m to the S of Kinvarra Bay. The tomb consists of a simple wedge-shaped chamber (L 2.5m; Wth 1.5m at SW narrowing to 1.2m at NE) formed of three uprights and open to the SW. It is covered by a single roofstone on top of which is piled a stack of field stones. The chamber decreases in height from SW to NE and is surrounded by a low mound. (de Valera and Ó Nualláin 1972,…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA112-009

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