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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Magheranaul Wedge Tomb Alternative Name: The Giant’s HouseCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 16.159 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Donegal Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Village: Malin
Map Ref: C434498
Discovery Map Number: D3
Latitude: 55.293188N Longitude: 7.317595W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
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Wedge Tomb in Co. Donegal. Just over 100 metres N of a by-road running E towards Malin, this interesting tomb - more suitable for a hardy dwarf than a giant - has a grass-covered, wedge-shaped roofstone over 2.5 metres long and 1.2 metres wide, covering a long, low wedge-shaped chamber bounded by 2 long sidestones, a backstone, and a massive single door-stone pierced by a hole 15 cms in diameter and 18 cms deep, obviously cut from both sides of the slab. “When there was thunder and lightning, the giant (or ogre or dwarf) went in, put his finger through the hole and pulled the door to.” It seems unlikely that there was a portico or antechamber in front of the door-slab.
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