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'Castlehill 1' : Wedge Tomb

TownlandCastlehill
CountyMayo
Grid RefF 797 074
Longitude9° 50' 5.54" W
Latitude54° 0' 6.34" N
Nearest TownDoagh (19.4 Km)
OS Sheets30, 22
UTM zone29U
UTM x445277.36019051
UTM y5984040.3130722
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 6th July 2003

This little wedge tomb is still set in its small cairn. The 3m long gallery is quite ruined, but you can see its form quite well. One roofstone remains in place and others lie around it.

The tomb is aligned east-west, but it is impossible to say for sure which end is the front.

The inside of the gallery is cluttered with some cairn material, but not full up and a rhododendron grows up between the roof slabs.

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