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<< Text Pages >> Magheranaul Wedge Tomb - Wedge Tomb in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Donegal

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Monday, 14 October 2002  Page Views: 4843

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Magheranaul Wedge Tomb Alternative Name: The Giant’s House
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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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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C4349 : Magheranaul, Doagh Island by Kenneth  Allen
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C4349 : Magheranaul, Doagh Island by Kenneth  Allen
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C4350 : Figart, Doagh Island by Kenneth  Allen
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C4350 : Road at Figart by Kenneth  Allen
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C4449 : Lane, Figart Point by Kenneth  Allen
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