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Coolbeg : Wedge Tomb

CountySligo
Grid RefG 673 424
Longitude8° 30' 9.67" W
Latitude54° 19' 45.09" N
Nearest TownSligo (6.6 Km)
OS Sheet16
UTM zone29U
UTM x532340.91249316
UTM y6020262.5760257
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 17th August 2003

This is a lovely riverside wedge tomb, which sadly has its views of the river blocked by a wall of large trees. Its gallery is 7m long with good, but not complete, double walling along both sides. One roofstone is roughly in place at rear and may have cup marks on its upper surface.

At the front of the tomb some of the facade stones are present and a fallen lintel/roofstone blocks the entrance.

The middle 1/3 of the gallery filled with rubble and some of the covering cairn remains on the north side to the height of the side stones.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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9.2 Km (SSW) there is a Sacred Hill at Knocknarea.
7.4 Km (S) there is a Standing Stone at Tobernaveen.
7.5 Km (W) there is a Portal Tomb at Cloghcor.
565.7 m (SE) there is a Round Tower at Drumcliff.
9 Km (SSW) there is a Passage Tomb at Knocknarea.

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