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Island Wedge Tomb
52.0677° N, -8.5796° E
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The Island Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and National Monument located southeast of Mallow in County Cork, Ireland.
Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
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Radiocarbon-dated activity
1412–1308 BC
Excavation and partial restoration
1957
Wedge-tomb construction period
c. 2500–2000 BC
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Artificial Mounds
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