Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb |
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| Native name Irish: Tuama Dinge Pháirc Ráth Bhrannaibh |
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view of the tomb, standing in a field
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| Type | wedge-shaped gallery grave |
| Location | Rathfranpark, Killala, County Mayo, Ireland |
| Elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
| Built | c. 2500–2000 BC |
| 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.
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