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Gleninsheen : Wedge Tomb

CountyClare
Grid RefM 230 023
GPSM 23040 02292 (6m)
Longitude9° 8' 53.47" W
Latitude53° 3' 56.69" N
Nearest TownBallyvaghan (5.5 Km)
OS Sheet51
UTM zone29U
UTM x490070.22519613
UTM y5879594.6350778
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 6th June 2004

I had seen this monument the last time I was here and wondered about it. Well, this time we wandered to it.

The tomb is aligned east-west, with the higher part at the west. Just one side stone remains standing along with two oddly pointed overlapping stones that would have closed the west end.

It is built on, and parallel to, the edge of a step between two levels in the limestone pavement.

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