Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb
Native name Irish: Tuama Dinge Pháirc Ráth Bhrannaibh
view of the tomb, standing in a field
Type	wedge-shaped gallery grave
Location	Rathfranpark, Killala, County Mayo, Ireland
Elevation	26 m (85 ft)
Built	c. 2500–2000 BC
National Monument of Ireland
Official name: Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb
Reference no.	633
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Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Mayo, Ireland.

Location

Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb is located 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Killala village, overlooking the Palmerstown River and Killala Bay.

History

This wedge tomb was built c. 2500–2000 BC, in the Copper or Bronze Age.

A stone circle once stood close to the tomb until the 1950s, when the stones were uprooted and dumped onto the wedge tomb.

Description

The tomb has a gallery over 3 m (9.8 ft) long and 2 m (6 ft 7 in) wide, with side walls composed of boulders up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) high. The gallery axis is ENE-WSW, so the ENE end points towards the rising sun at the summer solstice.