Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

On a broad high point, in briars and rough pasture within a large multiperiod field system (CL009-059001-). This wedge tomb (int. dims. 4.4m E-W; 1.65m N-S at E; 1.5m N-S at W) is oriented E-W, and comprises a rectangular chamber of limestone slabs (av. T c. 0.1m): two sidestones at both N and S, an endstone at W, a possible ex situ endstone at E, and two collapsed capstone fragments within the chamber. The W sidestone at S (L 2.45m; H 1m) is the largest. The E sidestone at S (L 1.1; H 1.1m) is out of line with this larger slab, being set 0.3m to the S. The N sidestones (L 1.2-1.4m; H 0.3-0.8m; T 0.1-0.2) are in alignment, but there is a 1.8m gap between them, from which perhaps another slab was removed. The W endstone (L 1.8m; H 1.2m) is in position. The E endstone appears to have fallen outward: there is a flat-lying slab (L 2m; Wth 1m) 1m to the E of the chamber, oriented N-S. Of the two capstone fragments in the chamber, one (L 2m; Wth 0.9m) lies prone in the W while the other (L 1.4m) partly rests on the top edge of the large S sidestone.

The wedge tomb is integrated into a field wall running NW-SE, c. 3.5m to the SE of a junction with another wall running NE-SW. An enclosure (CL009-059116-) lies c. 28m to the NE.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL009-059092-_01.jpg View of wedge tomb from NW

Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott

Date of upload: 5 April 2022