What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Kiltennan South is a chambered burial place where the dead went down into a narrow stone mouth before the mound closed above them. It still sits inside a grass-covered circular mound near the top of a gentle slope, with upright stones marking the chamber and curved arcs following the mound’s edge. People may have walked past it for generations, dropping grass, soil or memory onto the top until the tomb became a small hill in the pasture.

Near the top of a gentle N-facing slope, in rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). This wedge tomb is embedded in the centre of a grass-covered circular mound (6.1m N-S; 5.9m E-W; H 0.7-1m). The E part of the mound is overlain by a field bank of earth and stone. The tomb is oriented E-W, and is lined by upright N and S sidestones (L 1.6m each; max. H 0.8m) which are 0.9m apart at the E and 0.55m apart at the W. The E end of the tomb is loosely closed by a smaller upright slab; two other small slabs block the W end. The floor of the tomb is lower than the mound surface. There are two arcs of upright slabs outside the tomb, also embedded in the mound and following its curvature. These may be part of a kerbing or outer wall. The W arc (L 3.7m) comprises five stones (L 0.4-1.1m; max. H 0.4m). There are at least three stones (L 0.5-0.95m; max. H 0.5m) in the E arc (L 2.5m). In both arcs the largest stone is at the N, due E and W of the tomb. Another upright slab (L 0.85m) is set to the S of the S sidestone. The following image has been uploaded: CL009-185----_01.jpg View of tomb from NW. Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 11 July 2022

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BC). Its location within a multiperiod landscape highlights its role in a long-standing ritual or funerary tradition in the region.

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