What is recorded here

Wedge tomb in Teeskagh is a poorly preserved megalithic chamber in County Clare, Ireland. Its largest surviving stone is a 2.95m sidestone now caught inside a later drystone field wall, while smaller endstones mark the NE and SW ends of the chamber. The tomb sits in a slight hollow on the NW side of a ridge, hidden within rough pasture and an extensive multiperiod field system.

In a slight hollow on the NW side of a ridge in rough pasture and within an extensive multiperiod field system (CL010-064001-). Reported by Paul Walsh and Vincent Steadman. This poorly preserved wedge tomb appears to be orientated NE-SW, and comprises a large sidestone (L 2.95m; H 0.8m; T 0.12m) on the SE which is incorporated into a later drystone field wall running NE-SW; an endstone (L 1.3m; H 0.2m; T 0.07m) at NE (which leans to the NE), and two endstones set side by side at SW (NW endstone L 0.72m; H 0.25m; T 0.05m; SE endstone L 1.05m; H 0.4m; T 0.07m). See attached image: CL010-064068-_01.JPG Monument viewed from SE showing SE sidestone incorporated into later field wall. Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy and Conn Herriott Date of upload: 12 May 2023

Wedge tomb, dating to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age (c. 2500–1000 BCE). Its presence within a multiperiod field system highlights its potential role in the landscape as both a funerary and possibly ritual site.

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