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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: LabbacalleeCountry: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Cork Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Town: Cork Nearest Village: Glanworth
Discovery Map Number: D73
Latitude: 52.174238N Longitude: 8.334633W
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 |
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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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Three huge capstones (the largest being 7.8 meters long and weighing 10 tonnes) slope downwards towards the back.
The gallery consists of a large rectangular chamber, with a small one behind it, separated by a dividing slab, one corner of which has been trimmed off to leave a 'half-porthole'. The gallery is triple-walled, and buttressed at the back by 3 slabs set parallel with the tomb's axis. In front of the gallery are the remains of a large rectangular, unroofed portico or antechamber, wider than the gallery and cut off from it by a large slab.
It is one of many tombs — especially wedge-tombs — to be associated with the Celtic Hag-goddess: Labbacallee {Leaba Caillighe) means 'Hag's Bed'. Other tombs are associated with the lovers Dermot and Grania in the folk tradition. The sepulchre resembles a French gallery-tomb in size and design, a similarity shared by the wedge at Burren, Cavan.
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