Clooneen

Nearest town:
Kilfenora (5km WSW)
OS reference:
R232943
OS sheet:
51
Latitude:
52° 59' 38.3 N
Longitude:
9° 8' 38.04 W
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Image of Clooneen (Wedge Tomb) by CianMcLiam

How else are you going to know how big it is! The monkey hanging out of it is me, the UFO to the right is unaccounted for.

Image credit: Ken Williams
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Jun 12, 2005

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Clooneen

CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Jun 12, 2005

The extremely large Ballyganner tomb was the first visit today, this was the last, therefore I could appreciate the massive size of this with not too much of a comparison to the more visited site.

Its fairly easy to spot as you reach the top of the hill on the farmtrack, you can see the front edge of the huge capstone. As you get nearer though it dissapears from view and you have to keep your bearings to find it.

Its BIG! Probably second in size to BGS I. The capstone is in place but is either two seperate stones or has broken, the inside has cairn debris piled up. It now also has a large tree as a companion and it seems to be growing from the tombs rear end. In front is a small altar like outcrop.

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