Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb

The National Monuments Service's description

Wedge-tomb described by the Megalithic Survey of Ireland as follows; 'This monument lies about 3 km to the north of Adare, in the broad basin of the River Maigue. It stands on rich, gently undulating grassland broken in places by limestone outcrops. The outlook from the site is rather restricted though part of the Slievebernagh Mountains are visible towards the north-east and the north Kerry hills appear to the south-west.
The monument is in a ruinous condition and is heavily overgrown. The southern side of a chamber is represented by two orthostats and, outside the western stone, is another orthostat representing an outer-wall. The opposite side of the chamber is represented by a fallen sidestone. A roofstone lies in a tilted position above the chamber. Two displaced stones stand at its eastern end. There are no traces of a surrounding mound.
The western sidestone, at the south, leans outwards. It is 1.9m long, 0.3m thick and 0.9m high. The second sidestone here is erect. It measures 1.6m long, 0.35m thick and 1.05m high. The tops of both stones slope downwards from west to east. The fallen sidestone at the north is 1.8m long and 0.4m thick. If erect it would be about 0.7m high. The single outer-wall stone is erect. It is 0.9m long, 0.45m thick and 1.1m high. The roofstone measures 2.1m by 1.9m and is 0.5m thick. It rests on the two sidestones at the south and the fallen sidestone at the north. One of the two displaced stones at the eastern end of the roofstone is largely concealed. It measures at least 0.8m by 0.7m and is 0.3m thick. The second stone leans heavily to the west. It is 1.7m by 1m and 0.25m thick. The stones are all coarse, weathered, limestone slabs'.

See linked document with details from Ruaidhrí de Valera and Seán Ó Nualláin, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume IV. Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1982)

Date of upload: 4 January 2012

References

de Valera, R. and Ó Nualláin, S. 1982 Survey of the megalithic tombs of Ireland. Vol. IV, Counties Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary. Dublin. Stationery Office.

Westropp, T.J. 1921 Remains near Adare, Co. Limerick—Clorane Dolmen. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 51, 181–182.