Gleninsheen

Also known as:
Gleninsheen (Cl. 15)
Nearest town:
Ballyvaghan (5km NNW)
OS reference:
M234030
OS sheet:
51
Latitude:
53° 4' 19.8 N
Longitude:
9° 8' 34.75 W
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Images

Image of Gleninsheen (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Found in the field that contains the tombs – see link below for the story. Now in the National Museum of Ireland.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jul 29, 2018
Image of Gleninsheen (Wedge Tomb) by Nucleus

Gleninsheen (Cl. 15) with my then 9 year old son Philipp for scale

Image credit: Uwe Häberle 05/2008
Nucleus
Nucleus Oct 29, 2017
Image of Gleninsheen (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Slight remains of the mound at the rear (western end) of the tomb

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jan 29, 2007
Image of Gleninsheen (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Very well preserved wedge tomb, almost geometrically perfect in its construction and quite a bit odd for that reason.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Jan 29, 2007

Articles

Gleninsheen

Nucleus
Nucleus Oct 29, 2017

Actually there are three Wedge Tombs in this field (Cl. 10, Cl. 11 and Cl. 15), but when I visited Gleninsheen, back in 2008, I was not aware of Cl. 10.

This nice little tomb lies in the south west corner of the field and lies closest to the road (R480), from which you can clearly see it.

So if you visit Poulnabrone, don’t hesitate also to include this lovely tomb to your itinerary.

Visited May 2008

Gleninsheen

C
CARL Jun 2, 2011

Failed to find this one!
It should have been easy enough; next to the main road and even advertised on a tourist leaflet. But despite driving up and down the road and up and down the road again I couldn’t spot it. The landscape around this area is very rocky and in all probability I saw it without realising that I had! As this should have been an easy site to visit I was left rather frustrated.

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