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'Castlehill 2' : Wedge Tomb

TownlandCastlehill
CountyMayo
Grid RefF 798 073
Longitude9° 49' 59.91" W
Latitude54° 0' 3.2" N
Nearest TownDoagh (19.4 Km)
OS Sheets30, 22
UTM zone29U
UTM x445378.71765325
UTM y5983941.7797705
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 6th July 2003

Compared with the nearby tomb at Castlehill 1 (County Mayo), this seems quite large, but this is because there is no cairn left to hide the side stones.

There is some double walling left and the roofstones are still in place, but these rest on top of a fill of cairn rubble. The sides are formed by three slabs, each 1m square and the gallery is 1.5m wide.

Built into a ruined building on the opposite side of the road is what could have been a standing stone before it was utilised as a lintel above the fireplace.

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