Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Carrowmore or Glentogher, Co. Donegal

Megalithic tomb – wedge tomb, Carrowmore or Glentogher, Co. Donegal

Tucked into the heather-grown bog at the southern end of Carrowmore Or Glentogher townland sits an ancient wedge tomb, one of three such monuments scattered across this remote corner of Donegal.

Megalithic tomb - wedge tomb, Carrowmore or Glentogher, Co. Donegal

Though never recorded on any Ordnance Survey maps, this megalithic structure has weathered millennia in its windswept location, positioned just east of a rocky knoll crowned with a large stone enclosure. The tomb commands views across a landscape of bog and rock outcrops, with the land dropping northward towards the Glentogher River valley and offering distant glimpses of Quigley’s Point on Lough Foyle, some five kilometres to the southeast.

The monument’s remains lie deeply embedded in peat, oriented roughly north to south with the characteristic wedge shape that gives these tombs their name. Its gallery consists of two opposing sidestones supporting a single roofstone that slopes upward towards the south, with the gap between the uprights narrowing from 1.3 metres at the southern end to just one metre at the north. The roofstone itself measures 2.3 metres long and up to 1.8 metres wide, tapering markedly near its northern extremity. Three stones from the outer walling remain visible; two on the eastern side and one on the western, whilst a leaning stone at the southern end may represent part of the original facade, though centuries of bog growth have obscured many structural details.



Archaeological surveys have documented this tomb since at least 1967, with various photographers and researchers recording its gradual submission to the encroaching peat. The eastern sidestone stands 0.4 metres high at its southern end, whilst its western counterpart leans inward and would measure half a metre if fully upright. Both decrease in height towards the north, following the classic wedge tomb design where the entrance typically faced southwest, allowing the dead to be laid to rest facing the setting sun. Despite its weathered state and partial concealment by bog growth, the monument remains a tangible link to the Neolithic farmers who first settled these uplands over 4,000 years ago.

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