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Carrowroe : Wedge Tomb

CountyGalway
Grid RefM 216 454
Longitude9° 10' 49.01" W
Latitude53° 27' 10.21" N
Nearest TownShrule (9.7 Km)
OS Sheet45
UTM zone29U
UTM x488028.19934576
UTM y5922661.7491055
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 18th August 2007

This is very, very ruined. A tall stone and a short stone are all that remain upright. They stand on a small bump in the middle of a field, which is presumably what is left of the cairn. In the neighbouring field there are several large slabs that look similar to those used in the nearby portal tomb, so these may have come from the wedge tomb.

There is not enough of this monument to truly classify it, but a wedge tomb seems most likely. There isn't enough to say what its alignment was either, but east-west seems most likely.

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