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Labbacallee wedge tomb information


Labbacallee wedge tomb
Leaba Chaillí
Labbacallee Wedge Tomb, County Cork
Map
LocationLabbacallee, Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates52°10′27″N 8°20′04″W / 52.1742°N 8.3345°W / 52.1742; -8.3345
TypeWedge tomb
History
PeriodsBronze Age
Site notes
Public accessYes
National monument of Ireland
Reference no.318

Labbacallee wedge tomb (Irish: Leaba Chaillí, meaning 'hag's bed') is a large pre-historic burial monument, located 8 km (5.0 mi) north-west of Fermoy and 2 km (1.2 mi) south-east of Glanworth, County Cork, Ireland. It is the largest Irish wedge tomb and dates from roughly 2300 BC.[1] The tomb is a National Monument in State Care no. 318.[2] It was the first megalithic tomb in the country to be described by an antiquarian writer, in John Aubrey’s manuscript of 1693.[3]

  1. ^ Weir, A (1980). Early Ireland. A Field Guide. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 118.
  2. ^ "Search by County | National Monuments Service". www.archaeology.ie. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
  3. ^ Aubrey, John (1982). Monumenta Britannica, or, A miscellany of British antiquities. Thomas Gale, John Evelyn, Rodney Legg, John Fowles. [Sherborne]: [Dorset Publishing]. ISBN 0902129503. OCLC 56662658.

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