<< Our Photo Pages >> Tireighter - Wedge Tomb in Ireland (Northern) in Co. Derry
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: TireighterCountry: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Derry Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Village: Park
Map Ref: C592021
Discoverer Map Number: D7
Latitude: 54.863140N Longitude: 7.078821W
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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X-Ice visited on 14th Aug 1982 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5
It has an imposing façade (5 metres wide) of well-matched orthostats, the two outside ones just 1.5 metres tall. Some typical double-walling survives. The entrance has a typical sill-stone and leads into an antechamber or portico and on, across a septal slab (a high sill-stone) into the large main chamber, in the back of which lies a massive displaced roofstone. Both chamber and portico are partly-filled with cairn material including some white quartzite pebbles associated with many Irish prehistoric tombs.
~ 3.6 km NNW, 400 metres SE of Clagan Bridge, are 3 prominent standing-stones, which were overturned by treasure-seekers in 1770. Two have been re-erected (one askew) but the third and largest (3.6 metres long) remains prostrate. The field they are in is littered with white quartzite pebbles, and the site commands wide views.
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