What is recorded here
Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb in Drumanure (inchiquin By.), County Clare, Ireland. Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin documented the site in Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume I. County Clare.
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; likely dates to the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1500 BCE). These tombs are significant as they represent a transition from earlier megalithic traditions to smaller, more individualized burial practices in Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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