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Doorus Demesne wedge tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Galway, Ireland.
| Doorus Demesne Wedge Tomb | |
|---|---|
| Native name Tuama Dinge Dhiméin Dhúrois (Irish) | |
  Location of Doorus Demesne Wedge Tomb in Ireland | |
| Type | wedge-shaped gallery grave |
| Location | Doorus Demesne, Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°9′9.22″N 8°58′21.4″W / 53.1525611°N 8.972611°W |
| Built | c. 2500–2000 BC |
| Official name | Doorus |
| Reference no. | 293 |
Location
editDoorus Demesne wedge tomb is located 2.9 km (1.8 mi) northwest of Kinvara on the Doorus Peninsula.
Description
editThe chamber, measuring 2.5 meters × 1.3 meters, is covered by an enormous roof-stone which measures 2.4 meters in length, 2.1 meters in width and 0.3 meters in depth. There is a huge amount of cairn material, nearly 1 meter in depth, on top of the roof-stone and it is supported by two large side-stones (one on each side) and an equally large back-stone at NE. There is some evidence of a gallery in front of the NW side-stone but none on the SW side. The monument consists of a simple chamber, with sides and back formed of single stones. The chamber is covered by a roofstone above which is built a stack of field stones.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland, Volume III" (PDF). Archaeology.ie. 1972. Retrieved 28 November 2016.