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Rathfranpark Wedge Tomb
 

County

Mayo

Coordinates

N 54° 14' 31.2"   W 009° 15' 09.36"

Nearest town

Killala

Grid Ref.

G 18353 33296

Map No.

24

Elevation a.s.l. (m)

33

Date of visit

Thursday 25 June 2015

GPS Accuracy (m)

3
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The huge tomb is in a field next to the road with no obstacles.


These are the remains of a huge wedge tomb. Unfortunately none of the capstones remain. The tomb is in poor state with all the stones of the burial chamber in a messy condition. All around are massive stones that formed the kerb, five on each side, though both the ones at the west (260°) end have fallen.
The whole monument is about 5.90 metres wide and 7.50 metres long.
The rear end of the tomb looks east (90°). Here there's a confused pile of stones. They might have been part of the cairn that once covered the tomb, but some speculated that they were part of a nearby stone circle that was dismantled to clear the field.
The tallest stone of the kerb is 1.50 metres in height.
Weirdly enough, though this is a very huge and impossible to miss megalithic monument, it's not marked on the OS map that I have (2nd edition).

We came here twice in the past, on December 7th, 1995 and May 10th, 2002.


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