Loughmacrory III

Nearest town:
Emyvale (35km SE)
OS reference:
H587776
OS sheet:
13
Latitude:
54° 38' 34.99 N
Longitude:
7° 5' 26.45 W
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Images

Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The thorn tree is pushing some of the outside walling outwards.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Sep 16, 2020
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

Underneath the portico roofstone. The chamber is blocked by a doorstone.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 16, 2020
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

I’ve seen quite a few wedge tombs but it’s rare to see one with so much of its original structure.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Sep 16, 2020
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The front of the tomb with the portico roofstone.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 16, 2020
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by ryaner

The changing seasons – a bit overgrown and the tree seems to be collapsing under its own weight.

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ryaner
ryaner Sep 16, 2020
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by GLADMAN

A beautiful, aesthetically pleasing example of the type. The wedge tomb’s pretty good, too......

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Apr 28, 2016
Image of Loughmacrory III (Wedge Tomb) by A R Cane

One of the prettiest sites we encountered in NI. At this stage cows completely disinterested.....

Image credit: A R Cane
A R Cane
A R Cane Jul 2, 2013

Articles

Loughmacrory III

ryaner
ryaner Sep 19, 2020

It’s about 30 kilometres from Omagh to Cookstown. Packed between the two towns either side of the A505, throughout the south Sperrins, there is one of the densest collections of megalithics in Ireland. Many are marked on the OS maps, many are not. This one is and it’s right beside the road.

It’s rare to see such a complete wedge tomb. Aghamore in Leitrim is one but what a trek that was. This was easy. Judging by the previous photos here, the thorn tree that is now colonising the bank between the northern outer-walling and the chamber walling seems to be collapsing under its own weight after a few years of vigorous growth. It’s also affecting the tomb structure but I can’t see anyone doing anything about that.

Both sides of the tomb retain their double walling. Most of the roofstones remain. The tomb is embedded in much of its surrounding cairn. It’s not very tall, the height from the floor of the western portico to its roof little over a metre. However, there does seem to be an amount of rubble that has fallen in here. The floor of the sealed chamber seems to be a little lower than that of the portico but still above the ground level of the surrounding field.

I could have stayed here a lot longer than I did. It’s a fascinating and beautiful site on the north-western slopes of Loughmacrory Hill, the views north-west to the higher hills of the western Sperrins quite beautiful.

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