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Magnacool Lower : Wedge Tomb

CountyWicklow
Grid RefT 163 817
Longitude6° 16' 21.09" W
Latitude52° 52' 25.21" N
Nearest TownAvoca (4.3 Km)
OS Sheet62
UTM zone29U
UTM x683556.9331499
UTM y5861701.945276
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 19th October 2003

What an unexpected treasure! Looking from the track it appears that the site must be covered in overgrowth - gorse and brambles etc, but in reality it is simple hidden in bracken. Well, it was hidden in bracken! I spent 10 minutes or so clearing the area so that I could see it properly.

The gallery is fairly ruinous, but still quite well defined. Standing on opposite sides of the gallery are two halves of a split boulder. Leaning against these, across the east-west line of the gallery is a displaced roofstone. On the north side there are hints of double walling.

The whole monument seems to have been built on top of a rectangular platform of rocks, presumably the remains of the cairn. This is a quiet spot and a pleasant place to sit for a while listening to the sound of the babbling stream 20m to the west.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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5.9 Km (NE) there is a Rock Art at Ticlash.
7.7 Km (SE) there is a Standing Stone at Sheepwalk known as Cromwells Stone.
2 Km (ESE) there is a Barrow at Ballygahan Upper.
223.6 m (NNW) there is a Rock Art at Magnacool Lower.
4.7 Km (ENE) there is a Miscellaneous Site at Cronebane known as The Mottee Stone.

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