Dromagorteen : Wedge Tomb
Visit Notes
Sunday, 31st August 2008
This wedge tomb is not part of the Bonane Hertiage Park and is very difficult to get to due to the amount of heavy gorse bushes and rough terrain between the park and the tomb. This effort fails to be rewarded, because the tomb is very, very overgrown.
It looks as though the monument may have been incorporated into a later wall at some point, but the plant cover makes it impossible to be sure. All that you can see of the tomb is one of the roofstones that is just visible in amongst the gorse.
It is not possible to be sure, but the gallery looks very ruined. There is a large stone to the north of the remains that is probably a displaced roofstone.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
5.4 Km (N) there is a Standing Stone at Dromatouk.
223.6 m (ESE) there is a Ring Fort at Dromagorteen.
9.8 Km (ESE) there is a Stone Circle at Derrynafinchin (Co. Cork).
7.1 Km (NW) there is a Stone Circle at Kenmare known as The Druids' Circle.
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