Wedge tomb in Killakee, County Dublin

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What is recorded here

Situated in a state forestry plantation on a slight summit overlooking the Glen between Cruagh and Mountpelier. A megalithic tomb consisting of an irregular low mound (Wth 7m) which contains a number of protruding upright slabs (Ó hÉailidhe 1978, 101-3). The chamber extends E-W, with a W-facing façade and entrance (L 6m; Wth 6m). It is defined by sidestones and one endstone. Running parallel to the sides are remains of a double revetment wall of upright slabs. There are traces of kerbstones in the NW. Both the cairn material and roofing slabs have been removed.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record DU025-022

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