Labbacallee Wedge Tomb

Labbacallee Wedge Tomb
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Labbacallee (Irish: Leaba Chailli, "hag's bed") is the largest wedge tomb in Ireland, located 8 km northwest of Fermoy in County Cork. Radiocarbon-dated to 2202-2138 BC, it features three massive capstones, the largest weighing 10 tonnes and spanning 7.8 metres. The main chamber is 6.2 m long and divided by a vertical slab into two burial areas. Excavated in 1934 by Leask and Price under the new National Monuments Act, it yielded a headless female skeleton with burnt animal bones and a bone pin, plus two inhumations with three skulls in the main chamber.

TypeNecropolis/tombs complex
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryIreland
Coordinates52.1743° N, 8.3344° W

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