Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb
Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located in County Clare, Ireland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Magh Adhair and Ballymarkahan Castle.
Magh Adhair
Archaeological site
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Magh Adhair is a former inauguration site and place of archaeological significance located near the village of Quin, County Clare, in Ireland. Traditionally known as the place in which the kings of Thomond were installed, most notably the O'Briens, the site itself consists of numerous monuments, including a mound, standing stone, fulacht fiadh and a bullaun stone. Magh Adhair is situated 2 km northeast of Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb.
Ballymarkahan Castle
Castle
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Ballymarkahan Castle is a ruined tower house in the parish of Quin, in County Clare, Ireland. It was listed by Irish antiquarian T. J. Westropp as one of the 195 "lesser castles", or peel towers, of County Clare in 1899, by which time it was already a ruin. Ballymarkahan Castle is situated 3½ km south of Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quin and Spancill Hill.
Quin
Village
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Quin is a village in southeast County Clare, Ireland. The name also refers to a civil parish in the barony of Bunratty Upper, and to an ecclesiastical parish of the same name.
Spancill Hill
Locality
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Spancill Hill or Spancilhill is a hill and adjacent dispersed settlement in County Clare, Ireland. The historic hamlet of Spancilhill was by the fair green, which is still the site of the Spancill Hill Fair, which occurs annually on 23 June. Spancill Hill is situated 5 km northwest of Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb.
Tulla
Village
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Tulla is a market town in County Clare, Ireland. It is situated in the east of the county, on the R462 and near its junction with the R352, 18 km from Ennis. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name. Tulla is situated 7 km northeast of Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb.
Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: wedge-shaped gallery grave in County Clare, Ireland
- Categories: wedge tomb, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.83429° or 52° 50′ 4″ northLongitude
-8.85545° or 8° 51′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C4HR4MV+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 1137683705OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q28104892
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In Other Languages
“Ballyhickey Wedge Tomb” goes by many names.
- Irish: “Tuama Dinge Bhaile Uí Icí”
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