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Altar wedge tomb under the Milky Way. The entrance was aligned ENE–WSW, possibly with Mizen Peak (Carn Uí Néit) and maybe to catch the setting sun at Samhain (1 November). [8] The tomb consists of a trapezoidal orthostatic gallery 3.42 m (11.2 ft) long, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) wide at the west end 1.25 m (4 ft 1 in) at the east. [citation needed]
Location 645 : Altar Wedge Tomb: Wedge Tomb: Altar 314 : Ardskeagh Church: Church ... Wedge Tomb: Labbacallee 18 : Labbamolaga Church: Church & Grave slabs ...
Altar Wedge Tomb, County Cork Glantane East Wedge Tomb, County Cork, Ireland. A wedge-shaped gallery grave or wedge tomb is a type of Irish chamber tomb. They are so named because the burial chamber narrows at one end (usually decreasing both in height and width from west to east), producing a wedge shape in elevation.
Altar, Wedge Tomb Bronze Age 2200 BC-600 BC; Arderrawinny, Portal Tomb 4000 - 2200 BC; Ardintenant, O'Mahony Castle Medieval post 1200 AD; Arduslough, Wedge Tomb Bronze Age 2200 BC-600 BC; Ballybane West, Rock Art Bronze Age 2200 - 600 BC; Barnatonicane, Church Graveyard and Ballaun Medieval post 1200 AD
Poulnabrone dolmen is an example of a portal tomb in the west of Ireland. Megalithic monuments in Ireland typically represent one of several types of megalithic tombs: court cairns, passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs. [1] [2] The remains of over 1,000 such megalithic tombs have been recorded around Ireland. [3]
Megalithic monuments are found throughout Ireland, and include burial sites (including passage tombs, portal tombs and wedge tombs (or dolmens)) and ceremonial sites (such as stone circles and stone rows).
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Photo of a typical notice at a national monument in Ireland. The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments of Ireland.In Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "national monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance.