Barbane

Nearest town:
O'Briensbridge (10km ESE)
OS reference:
R586735
OS sheet:
58
Latitude:
52° 48' 39.45 N
Longitude:
8° 36' 50.52 W
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Images

Image of Barbane (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

I’m not sure this place has ever be surveyed. It’s on the OS map and archaeology.ie, but not in the Survey of megalithic tomb of Ireland Volume 1,

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ryaner
ryaner May 18, 2019
Image of Barbane (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

I took a pano to try and show the extent of the tomb. There may be a second chamber under the tree. However, I didn’t explore the sector with the tree cover in the left of the shot here. I wasn’t anxious to overstay our welcome. We were on the land with the landowner’s permission but I have to say I found the populous of East Clare to be the most suspicious bunch I have ever met in my years of megalithic exploring. Odd.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 18, 2019
Image of Barbane (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Looking west towards the monument. It sits atop its own rocky outcrop.

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ryaner
ryaner May 18, 2019
Image of Barbane (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The front of the tomb. There may be a second, subsidiary chamber, in the clump of trees to the right. The hills in the distance are the Slieve Bearnagh mountains.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 18, 2019
Image of Barbane (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The wreckage at the back of the wedge tomb – I reckon some of it is field clearance.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner May 18, 2019

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