Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb | |
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Native name Irish: Tuama Dinge Bhaile Uí Icí | |
Type | wedge-shaped gallery grave |
Location | Ballyhickey,
Quin, County Clare, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°50′03″N 8°51′20″W / 52.834305°N 8.855522°W |
Elevation | 41 m (133 ft) |
Built | c. 2500–2000 BC |
Official name | Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb |
Reference no. | 484 |
Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland. [1] [2]
Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is located in the Rine River valley, 2 km north of Quin and immediately south of Clooney-Quin GAA grounds.
Wedge tombs of this kind were built in Ireland in the early Bronze Age, c. 2500–2000 BC. [3] [4]
A wedge tomb complete with orthostats and roofstones. [5]