What is recorded here
Wedge tomb in Formoyle More is a megalithic chamber where ancient hands tilted stone like a knife edge before leaving the world behind. It still stands in County Clare, holding the shape of people who are no longer named but were certain enough to build for distance. The more around it keeps the tomb company, excluding modern noise and remembering the weight of forgotten lives.
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 BCE). These tombs are characteristic of western Ireland and represent a regional development in megalithic burial practices.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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