<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunnamore - Wedge Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Tyrone
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Dunnamore Alternative Name: Dermot and Grania’s BedCountry: 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:
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 |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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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