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| BALLYHONEEN WEDGE TOMB |
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| PHOTO by Pip POWELL MAY 2010 |
| This great wedge tomb is sited on the highest point on a low ridge to the east of the Scorid river. It consists of a narrow wedge-shaped gallery which is roofed by two large over-lapping capstones. It is 4m in length,1.5m in width at the west narrowing to 1.1m in the east which lacks a back-stone.Two outer-wall stones are present on the north side and one on the south-side while a standing stone on the west-end of the gallery supports the upper capstone. The tomb is partially buried by peat bog and the chamber is filled with water occasionally to a depth of 2m. Ballyhoneen Standing Stone I is 2m SW of the tomb. |
| CO-ORDINATES 52 12' 21.309"N...10 9' 17.041"W |
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