Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb

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Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb
Native name
Irish: Carraig na Glaise
Dermot & Grania's Bed
Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb is located in Ireland
Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb
Location of Slievenaglasha Wedge Tomb in Ireland
Typewedge-shaped gallery grave
LocationSlievenaglasha, Kilnaboy,
County Clare, Ireland
Coordinates53°01′02″N 9°03′06″W / 53.017331°N 9.051686°W / 53.017331; -9.051686Coordinates: 53°01′02″N 9°03′06″W / 53.017331°N 9.051686°W / 53.017331; -9.051686
Builtc. 2500–2000 BC
National Monument of Ireland
Official nameSlievenaglasha Wedge Tomb
Reference no.270

Slievenaglasha wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland.[1][2]

Location[]

Slievenaglasha wedge tomb is located on a hilltop at the western edge of the Burren, 2.7 km (1.7 mi) southeast of Carran. It lies in the townland also called Slievenaglasha, in the parish of Kilnaboy.

History[]

Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. It was damaged in AD 1894.[3][4][5]

Legend[]

Local lore associated the wedge tomb with a sea-green cow Glas Gaibhnenn, abducted from Spain by the smith Gavida. From this magical cow's udders used to flow all the rivers on the mountain-side (the "source of the seven streams" lies to the southwest), was tricked by a hag, who, in place of a milk-pail, milked her into a sieve. The cow either died of grief or deserted that locality for ever. Another version has as her owner. The herd was supposedly housed at the wedge tomb of Slievenaglasha.[6]

Description[]

All that remains of this obviously once substantial ruined wedge tomb is a huge 3.5 m (11′6″) long wall slab on the northwest. The opposite wall and the capstone have both been damaged.[citation needed]

References[]

  1. ^ http://foto.clarelibrary.ie/fotoweb/Preview.fwx?position=1&archiveType=ImageFolder&sorting=ModifiedTimeAsc&search=CL010-06423-&fileId=0874E8E09149F0AC42468A88E715356927E2F66EDDDF6356731D1C0F3F7667463E85551A1FE11B5E5A3F957F710C9E6B21437DF01E1A0EC7763BB65E6131DE63943DFFFA2D475ED7C090A2A4055112EA93A3FB7DD57EDA313F84DDA5C7CCC8F3840734D5B3F9E540547F9954287E12975FB6317EFE0858A0B2849F6AAB840EBF4EA70F2EF7BABE7AF9875155B0E281CB92A775398996F290983393B1DD294BC4C13669E9EC80B731[bare URL]
  2. ^ Friel, Maeve (1 January 1997). Here lies: a guide to Irish graves. Poolbeg. ISBN 9781853717130 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Annotation to 6-inch OS map.
  4. ^ (Ireland), Ordnance Survey; Valera, Ruaidhrí De; Nualláin, Seán Ó (1 January 1982). "Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland: Counties: Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary". Stationery Office – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Ireland, Royal Society of Antiquaries of (1 January 1998). "Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland" – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Slievenaglasha".

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