Killy Beg

Wedge Tomb
County Fermanagh
Grid Ref G 982 542
GPS G 98201 54157 (9m)
OS Sheet 17
Longitude 8° 1' 39.87" W
Latitude 54° 26' 10.44" N
Nearest Town Garrison (4.3Km)
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Some Nearby Mountains:
Scribbagh 5.8Km (S)
Derrynacross 7.2Km (WNW)
Tullygerravra 7.8Km (SSE)
Rowantreehill 8Km (NW)
Bressy Hill 9.4Km (N)

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Sunday, 3rd October 2004 CE

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The OS map is somewhat confusing here: it shows five crosses which have 'Chambered Graves', 'Standing Stones' and 'Stone Circle' written in the general area. I really didn't know what to expect.

After sitting and chatting for a while with the old lady at the new bungalow I set off into the rain to see what I could find. The site of this complex occupies the southern high ground and the top of a northwest facing low valley.

This tomb is the largest of the ones I located before giving up. The rain was so heavy I couldn't see a thing!

The gallery of this tomb is over 5m long and around 1.5m wide. It faces northwest along the little valley below (the valley floor is only 20m below the high ground at the sides.) At the front there are two large facia stones in place either side of the entrance. There is a portico in front of the main gallery. The entrance to the gallery is quite unusual: two portal-like stones form a narrow entrance into the gallery, which is blocked by a septal slab set behind them.

The gallery is segmented into two chamber by another septal slab. This, the backstone and the walls are buried quite deeply into the remain of the cairn. Parts of the double walling can also be seen.

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Sunday, 3rd October 2004 CE

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