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Image of Tibradden (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Remains of a megalithic tomb? Or field clearance?

Image credit: ryaner
Image of Tibradden (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

What could be a slipped capstone or roofstone and a moss-covered sidestone of a megalithic chamber.

Image credit: ryaner

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Tibradden

I’ve scouted around this area before and always given up due to access issues. We’re just in the foothills of the mountains here, so there’s maybe a bit more paranoia so close to the city when it comes to strangers traipsing across private land.

I realised from the archaeology.ie map that the ‘tomb’ is actually fairly close to some forestry and there’s a car park in there not 400 metres from the site, so having given up on the Tibradden Lane eastern approach, I flew around to the Tibradden wood car-park.

About 200 metres south, in from the car-park you can walk though the thinned forestry and head north-west to the remains. The field here has been extensively quarried for gravel. I’m not sure that what I found is the tomb. It’s listed as ‘Megalithic tomb – Unclassified’ on archaeology.ie and there are no more details. The only other online mention that I can find is the photo on the link that I posted. I’ve given this a wedge tomb classification given that Kilakee and Kilmashogue are close by, but I’m not confident that it’s correct.

What does remain is overgrown and wrecked. There are some dressed stones and the most visible stones look like a capstone and a sidestone, part of some sort of chamber, though the capstone looks more like one from a portal tomb than a wedge tomb.

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