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Kilmackowen : Wedge Tomb

CountyCork
Grid RefV 681 494
GPSV 68060 49351 (8m)
Longitude9° 54' 28.39" W
Latitude51° 40' 52.41" N
Nearest TownEyeries (3.4 Km)
OS Sheet84
UTM zone29U
UTM x437231.98198
UTM y5725974.2235492
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 5th September 2004

This is a sweet little tomb. The sides are both formed using single slabs and there is some close-set double walling on the northern side. The front is open to the west. A single triangular roofstone covers the unsegmented gallery.

There is a very unusual arc of stones running down the field and across to the standing stone in the next field. This does not appear to be any form of field boundary, because it does not extend beyond either monument.

The tomb occupies a location on a little flat-topped bump on the northwest facing slopes of Eagle Hill in the Slieve Miskish Mountains.

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