Kilmashogue

A wedge tomb on the northern slopes of Kilmashogue Mountain at 213 m elevation in the Dublin Mountains, dating to c. 2500-2000 BC. The gallery features two chambers aligned northeast-southwest with unusual triple-lined outer walls and three rows of orthostats on each side. Excavated by H.E. Kilbride Jones in 1953, the main chamber yielded fragments of cremated bone and charcoal, while later Bronze Age cists contained inverted pottery food vessels with cremated human remains. One of a cluster of three wedge tombs in South Dublin.