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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunnamore - Wedge Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Tyrone

Submitted by Anthony_Weir on Sunday, 27 February 2011  Page Views: 9590

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunnamore Alternative Name: Dermot and Grania’s Bed
Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Tyrone Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Town: Cookstown  Nearest Village: Dunnamore
Map Ref: H6849280879
Discoverer Map Number: D13
Latitude: 54.671364N  Longitude: 6.93914W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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.
3 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
4

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Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by sh554 : Dunnamore Wedge Tomb (Vote or comment on this photo)
Wedge Tomb in Co. Tyrone. Best approached via a lane (and across 2 fields to the E) leading from the road at the derelict police barracks, which are a few hundred metres W of a modern school, this tomb is impressive – despite a cart-track driven between the large stones of the doublewall of the gallery and what seem to be the stones of the kerb (12 metres long). The gallery is about 8 metres long, and the main chamber is still roofedwith 3 large slabs.

At the front of the tomb (facing SW) is an antechamber or portico which retains a roofstone and has a stone set between the entrance stones to form a double jamb – a feature of some other wedge-tombs in Tyrone. At either side of the dividing-stone are low sills/ Some small chocking-stones also support the roofstone. A curious feature of the monument is a short line of stones running NW from the NW side of the gallery towards an enormous boulder.

~ 7.2 km SSW is Creggandevesky court-tomb (H644752) on a hill overlooking Lough Mallon. This tomb, which has an impressive entrance with massive lintel, is built at the head of a valley extending westward with excellent views (on a good day). A trapezoid contains a three-chambered gallery with a court at the SE end. The edges of the cairn (18 metres long) are clearly defined by a dry-stone revetment along the E and W sides. Excavation showed that the back of the tomb was partially robbed in prehistoric times.

~ 5.6 km S by W is another court-tomb at Cregganconroe (H662758) with massive portal-stones but few other stones of its shallow forecourt surviving. It leads into a two-chambered gallery, past a large fallen lintel. Behind the gallery are two lateral chambers opening symmetrically into each of the long sides of the cairn, which is 25 metres long and includes large boulders. Though roofles, these subsidiary chambers resemble small portal-tombs.

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Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by sh554 : Dunnamore Wedge Tomb. Looking into main chamber. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by ainsloch : The sun setting behind Dunnamore wedge tomb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by Anthony_Weir : Scan of colour slide from the 1970/80s (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by sh554 : Dunnamore Wedge Tomb (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by sh554 : Dunnamore Wedge Tomb. Looking out over Dunnamore townland from the gallery. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunnamore
Dunnamore submitted by sh554 : Dunnamore Wedge Tomb- wall of main chamber

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