Foilnamuck

Also known as:
Dermot and Grania’s Bed
Nearest town:
Silvermines (7km WNW)
OS reference:
R895677
OS sheet:
59
Latitude:
52° 45' 37.18 N
Longitude:
8° 9' 19.99 W
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Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Another view over the septal stone. The north-west side-walling is missing towards the front of the chamber.

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ryaner
ryaner May 11, 2019
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Looking west over the roofstone towards Keeper Hill and the Silvermines.

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ryaner
ryaner May 11, 2019
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The tomb is a bit of a mess, but still retains some of its ancient charm. This is the view from the west.

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ryaner
ryaner May 11, 2019
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The one remaining roofstone at this ruined wedge tomb rests on a padstone seen here to the left. The stone in the foreground is the septal stone at the front end of the chamber.

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ryaner
ryaner May 11, 2019
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by bawn79

Another shot, in the top right of the picture through the glare you can make out Keeper Hill or Sliabh Kimalta

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bawn79
bawn79 Jan 16, 2006
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by bawn79

Upclose this time looking southwest with the capstone

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bawn79
bawn79 Jan 16, 2006
Image of Foilnamuck (Wedge Tomb) by bawn79

Looking south-west at the capstone and Crazyhorse that prevented me getting up real close.

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bawn79
bawn79 Jan 16, 2006

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Foilnamuck

bawn79
bawn79 Jan 16, 2006

Didnt really get a good look at this site due to the close promixity of a fairly excitable horse. Really only got a good look at it from the pics when i got home. Its seems to be built against a boundary ditch which kind of takes from it a little.
Its quite a walk to get there about 1.5km along the track marked on the OS map and on the day the ground was very wet with some pools forming on the track that required wellies. At the very end of the track there was a massive bull in a corral so between bulls and horses i had to do a good few detours. In summer and without the animals im sure it would be a grand walk.

Taken from the North Tipp Archaeological Inventory

“Wedge Tomb
Situated on gently sloping boggy ground on the lower slopes of Cooneen Hill. The remains of a gallery, 4.6m long, survive. A septal-stone, partly embedded in a field-fence, marks the SSW end. Three contiguous stones remain on the more northerly side of the gallery. Beyond the easternmost of these there is a small set stone of uncertain fuction. There are four sidestones on the S side of the gallery. Two are alongside on the SSW and the other two, which are smaller examples, stand apart from each other towards the NNE. There is a thin slab outside the junction of the former pair. This supports one end of a roofstone the western orthostat on the N side of the gallery. Outside the latter orthosat there is another, apparently the lone survivor of a close-set outer wall. A decrease in gallery height and width towards the NNE is indicated. (De Valera and Ó Nualláin 1982, 82, No. 3)”

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Any idea what Foilnamuck is in English? 30
bawn79
bawn79
Jan 2006

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