Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb

Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb
Joe King · CC BY-SA 3.0

Early Bronze Age wedge tomb (c. 2500-2000 BC) on the southeastern slope of Two Rock Mountain in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland, and a National Monument. Regarded as one of the finest examples of its type in Ireland, the burial gallery is aligned east-west and divided into three chambers surrounded by a horseshoe-shaped kerb. Excavations by Sean O Riordain and Ruadhri de Valera uncovered over 140 Beaker pottery sherds, flint, a stone macehead, and cremated human remains. Seven cup marks on a nearby granite rock reflect late Neolithic artistic traditions.

TypeNecropolis/tombs complex
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryIreland
Coordinates53.2292° N, 6.2262° W

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