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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Cool East wedge tomb
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 2.989 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Kerry Type: Wedge Tomb
Nearest Village: Chapeltown
Latitude: 51.911500N Longitude: 10.3612W
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2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
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4	Short walk on a footpath
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**Cool East wedge tomb** submitted by GaelicLaird : Photo taken August 2020 (Vote or comment on this photo)

A well-preserved wedge-tomb in Co. Kerry, situated on a level terrace, towards the end of an elevated ridge which extends SW from Feaghmann mountain, Valencia Island. Local tradition suggests that the monument was altered for use as a shelter by a family in the nineteenth century, who were evicted. The monument consists of a short, unusually broad chamber covered by a single roof-stone. It is aligned ENE-WSW and is set in a low mound which rises to a height of .5m at the west. The chamber measures 3.5m long, 2m wide, and decreases from 1.25m in height at W to 1.1m at the east.

The sides of the tomb are each formed of a single slab, though a small orthostat is set inside the N side-stone at its eastern end. The roof-stone rests on all three stones and on a pad-stone. Leaning against the W end of the structure are three slabs, and another three slabs block its eastern end. None of the slabs appear to be original and they may have been employed to facilitate the use of the tomb as an animal shelter (de Valera and Ó Nuallain 1982, 61-2).

The site commands an extensive view of the Portmagee Channel to the south.

Officially recorded as monument KE078-008. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 75.
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