The eastern tomb – the small padstone, sitting on one of the portal stones and propping up the roof for thousands of years, is utterly fascinating.
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Three tombs in one, unlike anywhere else on the island.
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The point(s) of maximum pressure.
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The padstone, resting on a stone of the western wall of the main chamber, holds the massive roofstone at the desired angle.
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The central tomb – the peat on the roof points to this monument having been uncovered and re-discovered after peat harvesting.
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Inside the central tomb, over the backstone – the massive roofstone rests on two of the sidestones visible here and on the padstone, top right.
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The western chamber from the roof of the central chamber.
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From behind a kerbstone at the northern arc of the mound – the monument has been considerably neglected since the last two visits from TMAers.
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The western chamber, getting more overgrown all the while.
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Front on, looking north, at the three, separate chambers.
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Looking roughly to the west, you can see the tombs and kerb stones within the enclosure
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 04/2012
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 04/2012
One of the kerb (?) stones behind the tombs
Image credit: Uwe Häberle 04/2012
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
Image credit: Charles Coughlan
This is the middle of the three wedge tombs of the Cashel Town Wedge Tomb group. The view is from close range looking northwest.
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These site is a must, if you’re in the area. It consists of three wedge tombs surrounded by kerb stones. Some of the kerb stones are erected, others are lying down. If’ve never seen a comparable site before.
As the site is part of a ‘Heritage Trail’, there is a parking area from where a path leads to the site. It was a bit boogy, but I guess it could be very muddy after longer periods of rain.
Apart from that, this is really a great site to visit!
Visited April 2012
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