Knockadoo

Wedge Tomb
County Sligo
Grid Ref G 573 226
GPS G 57332 22609
OS Sheet 25
Longitude 8° 39' 12.9" W
Latitude 54° 9' 1.99" N
Nearest Town Ballymote (11.3Km)
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Some Nearby Mountains:
Knocknashee 3.9Km (SSW)
Doomore 6Km (NE)
Knockalongy 8.5Km (NW)
Loughannaloran 10.1Km (W)
Carrickbanagher 10.5Km (E)

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Sunday, 10th October 2004 CE

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Labelling this a wedge tomb is a very loose guess at what it once was - it could have been a court tomb, but if it was it would be the only one in an area dominated by wedge tombs.

The site is very ruinous and seems to consist of two groups of orthostats, one at the northeast and one at the southwest. This alignment also indicates that it was a wedge tomb. The southwest grouping forms an 'H' and appears to be the entrance. The other set of stones do not seem to tie in with the rest and could be a subsidary chamber - hence the confusion!

Both Knocknashee and Knocknarea are big parts of the horizon here although Knocknarea is obsucured by a line of tall fir trees.

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Sunday, 10th October 2004 CE

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