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Srahwee

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This picturesquely situated wedge-tomb preserves many of the classic features of the type. The tapered form is well defined, as is the double walling of the segmented gallery, partially covered by a large flat roof-slab. A door-stone closes the tomb entrance, which faces west. There is some indication of the existence of a cairn. The monument stands by the roadside at the north-east corner of Lough Nahaltora and was in the past resorted to as a holy well by local people.
Wedge-tombs were introduced in the south-west of the country, probably by newcomers from France around 2000 BC at the close of the Neolithic period, and continued to be built in the Bronze Age.
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