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| Ballyhoneen Wedge Tomb County Kerry |
| This great wedge tomb is sited on the highest point on a low ridge to the east of the Scorid river, ‘An Scóraid’, which has its source in Loughadoon, ‘Loch an Dúin’, located NW of Sleivenagower, ‘Slí an gCorr’, on the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry. It consists of a narrow wedge-shaped gallery which is roofed by two large over- lapping capstones. It is 4m in length, 1.5m in width at the west narrowing to 1.1m in the east which lacks a back-stone. Two outer-wall stones are present on the north side and one on the south-side while a standing stone on the west-end of the gallery supports the upper capstone. The tomb is partially buried by peat bog and the chamber is filled with water occasionally to a depth of 0.2m. It is 2m SW of the tomb. Cuppage (1986, pp. 20-6), noticed, that ‘three of the stones of the gallery bear rock art designs’. They include 12 shallow cup- marks, a penannular circle, a single cup-and-circle & 2 other ‘possible’ cup-marks. |
| CO-ORDINATES RMP No. KE035-073001 52 12' 21.309"N...10 9' 17.041"W |
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